Bob died July 9, 1998, from Parkinson's Disease. He was a retired professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona. Bob served with Patton's 80th Infantry Division when it was sent north to relieve Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge during WWII. He jumped at McCall 1946-47 and at Idaho City 1948-58. Bob was a Philosophy professor at the University of Arizona after receiving his Ph.D. from the University of Washington.