Education
Barr received his Bachelor of Arts (1959), Master of Arts (1961), and Doctor of Philosophy (1966) from the University of Texas at Austin.
Historian Professor at Texas Technical University
Barr received his Bachelor of Arts (1959), Master of Arts (1961), and Doctor of Philosophy (1966) from the University of Texas at Austin.
He is a professor emeritus and former chairman of the history department at Texas Technical University in Lubbock, Texas. Barr was the only child of Chester A. Barr, Senior (1885-1973), a native of Austin, and the former Wilma Matlock (1905-1987).
He joined the Texas Technical faculty in 1969.