Background
Burkhart, Robert Edward was born on January 11, 1937 in Pittsburgh. Son of Edward Wendelin and Violet Elizabeth (Reichel) Burkhart.
Burkhart, Robert Edward was born on January 11, 1937 in Pittsburgh. Son of Edward Wendelin and Violet Elizabeth (Reichel) Burkhart.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University Pittsburgh, 1958. Master of Arts, University Pittsburgh, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy, University Cincinnati, 1967.
Instructor, U. Kentucky, Lexington, 1965-1967; assistant professor, Eastern Kentucky U., Richmond, 1967-1969; associate professor, Eastern Kentucky U., Richmond, 1969-1971; professor, Eastern Kentucky U., Richmond, 1971-1995; chair department English, Eastern Kentucky U., Richmond, 1979-1986.
Executive committee Concerned Citizens Madison County, Richmond, 1984-1987. 1st lieutenant United States Army, 1959-1961. Member Modern Language Association, Shakespeare Association American, International Shakespeare Association, South Atlantic Modern Language Association, Southeastern Renaissance Conference, Kentucky Philological Association (president 1985-1986), Kentucky Association Departments English (president 1984-1986), Hemingway Society, Sigma Tau Delta.
Married Sylvia Carol Davis, June 11, 1966 (divorced 1988). 1 child, Heather Ellen. Married Elesha Lillian Pennington, January 28, 1989.
1 child, Jonathan Robert Lowell.