Background
Schafer, Robert Grayson was born on April 15, 1923 in Wenatchee, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Fred Schafer and Crystal Frances Jones.
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Schafer, Robert Grayson was born on April 15, 1923 in Wenatchee, Washington, District of Columbia, United States. Son of Fred Schafer and Crystal Frances Jones.
Bachelor, University Washington, Seattle, 1948. Master of Arts, University California, Berkeley, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University California, Berkeley, 1953.
Instructor California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1953, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, 1955. Assistant professor to professor University Michigan-Flint, 1956—1989. Docent Mission San Juan Capistrano, California, from 1989.
Lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945, United Kingdom.
President International Institute, Flint, Michigan, 1960—1962, 1971—1973. Board directors American Council Nationalities Services, New York City, 1978—1986. Member of California Mission Studies Association, American History Association.
Married Doris Mae Williams, September 7, 1948. Children: Gerald Ivor, Donald Alan, Keith Eric.