Background
Yowell, Robert Lee was born on July 16, 1941 in St. Louis. Son of Walter J. and Edna Mae (Strandford) Yowell.
Yowell, Robert Lee was born on July 16, 1941 in St. Louis. Son of Walter J. and Edna Mae (Strandford) Yowell.
AB, Southeast Missouri State University, 1966. Master of Arts, St. Louis University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Bowling Green State University, 1971.
Postgraduate, Northwestern University, 1974.
Instructor Florissant Valley College, Missouri, 1967-1968. Teaching fellow Bowling Green (Ohio) State University, 1968-1971. Assistant professor Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, 1971-1973.
Associate professor, chairman department theatre and dance University Arkansas, Little Rock, 1973-1981, University Alabama, Birmingham, 1981-1988. Professor, chair department theatre California State University, San Bernardino, since 1988. Professor theatre Northern Arizona University.
Board directors Birmingham Education Film Festival.
Active American College Theatre Festival. With United States Army, 1959-1962. Member Alabama Theatre League (treasurer, vice president, president), Southwest Theatre Conference (secretary, vice president 1977-1980), Arkansas Alliance/Arts Education (vice president, president 1976-1977), Conference on Arkansas Theatre (president 1975-1976), Southeast Theatre, American Theatre Association, Southern California Theatre Association, Kennedy Center American Theatre Association (Arizona state chair).
Married Marsha Adele Reissaus, May 28, 1965;children— Robert Lee, Patrick Edward. Children: Robert Lee, Patrick Edward.