Background
Lancaster, Robert Samuel was born on July 9, 1909 in Floyd, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Tazwell and Rachel Elma (Barnard) Lancaster.
Lancaster, Robert Samuel was born on July 9, 1909 in Floyd, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Tazwell and Rachel Elma (Barnard) Lancaster.
Bachelor, Hampden-Sydney College, 1929. Doctor of Literature (honorary), Hampden-Sydney College, 1980. Master of Arts, University South, 1934.
Doctor of Civil Law, University South, 1979. Student, Andrew Jackson Law University, Nashville, 1937. Doctor of Philosophy, University Michigan, 1952.
Instructor, Gulf Coast Military Academy, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1929-1931; instructor, Sewanee (Tennessee) Military Academy, 1931-1938, 46-49; commandant cadets, Sewanee (Tennessee) Military Academy, 1941-1943; private practice, Pulaski, Virginia, 1938-1941; member of faculty, University of South, since 1949; acting director development, University of South, 1965-1966; professor political science, University of South, since 1953; dean men, University of South, 1951-1956; dean, University of South (College Arts and Sciences), 1957-1969. Fulbright lecturer College Arts and Sciences, Baghdad, Iraq, 1955-1956, College Arts and Sciences and College of Law, Seoul (Korea) National U., 1964-1965.
Trustee Duck River Electric Membership Corporation. Member academy advisory board United States Naval Academy, 1970-1975. Served to lieutenant (senior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Fellow International Institute Arts and Letters. Member Virginia Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Southern Political Science Association, Phi Beta Kappa, Chi Phi, Phi Kappa Phi, Sigma Upsilon, Tau Kappa Alpha, Pi Gamma Mu, Pi Sigma Alpha, Blue Key.
Married Ernestine Martha DeSporte, June 21, 1931. Children: Ulysse (Mistress Wallace Matthews), Evelyn Rachel (Mistress David Tyrrell). Married Elizabeth Craig, January 4, 1980.