Background

Hacker, Robert Gordon was born on December 8, 1931 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Robert Clarence and Emma Augusta (Schauer) Hacker.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Chicago Teachers College, 1960. Master of Science, South Dakota State University, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, University Iowa, 1969.

Career

Assistant professor Rochester (New York ) Institute of Technology, 1962-1965, professor, 1969-1998, Paul and Louise Miller distinguished professor, 1979—1992, professor emeritus. Consultant New House Newspapers, Newark, since 1969, numerous others, since 1969.

Achievements

• Robert Gordon Hacker has been listed as a noteworthy newspaper management educator, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Advisory Boy Scouts American, Fairport, New York, 1975. President Genesee Valley Ski Patrol, Rochester, 1979. Member Technology Association of Graphic Arts, American East (board directors since 1980), National Ski Patrol, Fulbright Alumni Association, Phi Kappa Phi, Kappa Tau Alpha.

Interests

• Fly fishing, skiing, travel, cross country skiing.

Connections

Married Mary Elizabeth Wolff, October 17, 1959. Children: Robyn Cheryl Hoyt, Robert Jonathan Hacker.

Father:

Robert Clarence Hacker

Mother:

Emma Augusta (Schauer) Hacker

Spouse:

Mary Elizabeth Wolff

child:

Robyn Cheryl Hoyt Hacker

child:

Robert Jonathan Hacker