combat engineers and the army specialized training program before being assigned to the pacific theater and the signal corps during world war ii. after the war, robert returned to texas and enrolled in the university of texas at austin and earned three degrees from the university, bachelor of ience and master of arts and phd all in physics. after teaching undergraduate classes, he received an invitation to become an associate professor at baylor university. he met and married joyce, his wife of over 60 years. joyce, who was the assistant dean of women at the time and robert were set up on a blind date by their students. they were married april 15, 1954 on the baylor campus. they lived a life full of love and adventure. in the 1960's, they lived in indonesia while robert was teaching with a medical team and leading sunday school classes. his impact at baylor cannot be overestimated. in addition to being the department chair, he holds the record for being the longest teaching professor. he estimated to have taught a quarter of baylor anumber any. an iconcxds con, he was designated as a master teacher in 1990,