Robert Gardner Shoemaker

Background

Shoemaker, Robert Gardner was born on September 26, 1941 in Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. Son of Harold Gardner and Isabel Mae Shoemaker.

Education

Student, Emory University, 1959-1960; Bachelor, Millsaps College, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, University Texas, 1967.

Career

Professor philosophy, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, 1966-1987; professor emeritus philosophy, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, since 1987. Visiting lecturer Millsaps College, Jackson, Mis., 1968, 70. Visiting scholar U.Ark., Fayetteville, 1978, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, 1978-1979.

Achievements

• Robert Gardner Shoemaker has been listed as a noteworthy Philosopher educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Various posts Boy Scouts American, Conway, 1978-1981. Actor, singer Conway Community Arts Association, 1970-1987. Secretary, president other offices Human Rels.

Council, Conway, 1968-1972. President other offices Hendrix College American Association of University Professors, Conway, 1970-1987. Chairman Arkansas Humanities Committee, 1975-1977.

Member Arkansas Philosophical Association (president other offices 1969-1989), Mississippi Philosophical Association, American Philosophical Association.

Interests

• Avocations: fishing, painting, bridge, singing.

Connections

Married Nancy Elise Matheny, July 6, 1963 (divorced 1982). Children: David Gardner, Catherine Denise. Married Nell Doyle, July 27, 1991.

Father:

Harold Gardner Shoemaker

Mother:

Isabel Mae Shoemaker

Spouse:

Nancy Elise Matheny

Spouse:

Nell Doyle

child:

Catherine Denise Shoemaker

child:

David Gardner Shoemaker