Background
III, Robert Alexander Kimbrough, was born on June 26, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of R. A. and Agnes May (McComb) K.
III, Robert Alexander Kimbrough, was born on June 26, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of R. A. and Agnes May (McComb) K.
Bachelor with honors in English, Williams College, 1951. Master of Arts, Stanford University, 1955. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard, 1959.
Acting instructor Stanford (California) University, 1954-1955. Teaching fellow and tutor Lowell House, Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1956-1959. Instructor University Wisconsin, Madison, 1959-1960, assistant professor, 1960-1964, associate professor, 1964-1968, professor, since 1968, departmental graduate adviser, 1961-1968, chairman department integrated liberal studies, 1970-1975.
President AFT Local 223.
Served with United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1951-1954, Korea. Colonel retired; Fellow Institute Research in Humanities. Member Renaissance Society of America.
Married Gertrude Bolling Alfriend, July 11, 1953 (divorced April 1976). Children: Elisabeth, Robert, John. Married Phyllis Rose Woloshin, March 20, 1977.