Background
Bretall, Robert Walter was born on February 8, 1913 in Hinckley, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Herbert and Ora Jane (Bastian) Bretall.
Bretall, Robert Walter was born on February 8, 1913 in Hinckley, Illinois, United States. Son of Walter Herbert and Ora Jane (Bastian) Bretall.
Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1935, Master of Arts, 1937, Doctor of Philosophy (Chancellor Green fellow), 1938. Postgraduate University of Chicago, 1939-1942, 53-54, Union Theological Seminary, 1942-1943, 52-54, Columbia, 1952-1954, Cambridge University, 1962-1963.
; married second, Eleanor Victoria Flor, May 29, 1975. Philosophy, music editor American Educator Encyclopedia, 1945-1947. Graduate assistant in philosophy Northwestern University, 1945-1946.
Assistant professor philosophy and humanities U. Arizona, Tucson, 1947-1952, associate professor, 1954-1964, professor philosophy, 1964-1976, emeritus, 1976-1980.
Lecturer philosophy Wagner College, New York City, 1952-1953. Visiting professor philosophy Washington State University, 1967-1968.
Member summer colloquium in philosophy of religion Calvin College, 1973. Consultant Princeton University Press, Macmillan Company, Northwestern University Press.
Member summer colloquium in philosophy of religion Calvin College, 1973. Member of executive board Southern branch Arizona Civil Liberties Union, 1966-1972, chairman church-state committee, 1966-1967, chairman academic freedom committee, 1967-1969. Democratic precinct committeman Pima County (Arizona), 1970-1974.
Board of directors Arizona Friends Music, 1948-1980.
Ford Foundation Faculty fellow, 1953-1954. Member American Association University Professors (past president U. Arizona chapter), American Academy Religion, American Philosophical Association, Princeton Graduate Alumni Association Beta Kappa.
Married Patricia Hodgkinson, August 30, 1954 (deceased. Married second, Eleanor Victoria Flor, May 29, 1975.