Robert Kimbal Combs

Background

Combs, Robert Kimbal was born on March 5, 1955 in Oklahoma City. Son of Harold Lee and Joanna Jane Combs.

Education

Bachelor in History, San Francisco State University, 1978. Certified in museology, University California, Berkeley, 1979. Master of Arts in Museology, John F. Kennedy University, 1980.

Career

Curator San Mateo (California) County Museum, 1978-1979. Intern Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1979. San Francisco Fine Arts Museum, 1979-1981.

Curator Presidio Army Museum, San Francisco, 1981-1983. Director United States Army Engineer Museum, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, 1983—2001. Professor history Columbia College, 1984—2001.

Director 2d Infantry Division Museum, Republic of Korea, 2001—2004. Consultant National Park Service, San Francisco, 1978. Director museum educators forum, 1983-1985.

Historian 2d Infantry Division, 1994-1996, 2001-2004. Guest lecturer Kookmin University, Seoul, 1995.

Achievements

• Robert Kimbal Combs has been listed as a noteworthy Museum director by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President Parents Without Partners, Rolla, Missouri, 1985-1986. Board directors South Control Missouri Arts Council, Rolla, 1991. Member American Association Museum, American Association State and Local History, International Commision on Museum, Commision on Military Museum in American, Rolls Royce Owners Club.

Interests

• Avocations: travel, archaeology.

Connections

Married Lynn Marie Robison, June 9, 1979 (divorced 1984). 1 child, Caitlyn.

Father:

Harold Lee Combs

Mother:

Joanna Jane Combs

Spouse:

Lynn Marie Robison

child:

Caitlyn Combs