Background
Bickal, Robert Richy was born on February 2, 1927 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Son of S.L. and France Fay (Ristine) Bickal.
Bickal, Robert Richy was born on February 2, 1927 in Fort Dodge, Iowa, United States. Son of S.L. and France Fay (Ristine) Bickal.
Student, State University of Iowa, 1945. Bachelor, Grinnell College, 1949. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1954.
Instructor in English Eastman School Music, Rochester, New York, 1954-1957. Director sales promotion Midland Specialty Company, El Paso, Texas, 1957-1959. Professor of English Rochester (New York ) Institute of Technology, 1959-1964, director contract administration, 1964-1968.
Director state and federal relations Alfred (New York ) University, 1968-1969. Special assistant to chancellor New Jersey Department Higher Education, Trenton, 1969-1971. Director manpower resources College of Medical & Dentistry, New Jersey, Newark, 1971-1973.
Director employee relations Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1973-1981. Director labor relations University California, Santa Cruz, since 1981. Mediator, fact-finder New York Public Employment Relations Board, Albany, 1968-1981.
Consultant labor relations, United States Colleges and Universities, since 1971, Academic Collective Bargaining Information Services, 1975-1980. Adjunct professor California State University Consortium, San Jose, 1984-1987.
Member Rochester Board Education, New York, 1961-1968. Board directors Rochester library System, 1963-1964, Santa Cruz (California) Metro Transit District, 1987-1989. Vice chairman, govn. body Midcoast Health Systems Agency, Santa Cruz, 1983-1986.
With United States Navy, 1945-1946. Member National Public Employment Labor Relations Association, Academy of Academic Personnel Administrators.
Married Janet Marie Regottaz, June 14, 1952 (divorced 1981). Children: Jean Marie, Ellen Jane, James Ristine.