Background
Fortado, Robert Joseph was born on April 22, 1933 in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph G. and Nellie Louise (Hawk) Fortado.
Fortado, Robert Joseph was born on April 22, 1933 in Jacksonville, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph G. and Nellie Louise (Hawk) Fortado.
Bachelor, Illinois College, 1960; Master of Science in Liberal Studies, University of Illinois, 1967.
Agent, telegrapher, Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R.R., Beardstown and Galesburg, Illinois, 1951-1961; library, teacher, Triad H.S., St. Jacob, Illinois, 1961-1964; United States documents library, Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville, since 1964; associate professor, Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville, 1981-1996; associate professor emeritus, Southern Illinois U., Edwardsville, since 1996. Advisor, member documents coordinating county Illinois State Library., Springfield, 1992-1994.
With United States Navy, 1952-1956, Korea. Member Illinois Library. Association, Government Documents Roundtable, Veterans of Foreign Wars.
Married Shirley Ann Scoggins, August 8, 1975 (deceased March 1988). Married Marjorie Francis Neuhaus Dreith, September 10, 1992. Children: Mark Edward, Theodore John, Laura Marie, Kimberly, David Dreith.