Background
Niss, Robert Sharples was born on March 23, 1949 in Belfast, Maine, United States. Son of William Upmeyer and Abby (Sharples) Niss.
Niss, Robert Sharples was born on March 23, 1949 in Belfast, Maine, United States. Son of William Upmeyer and Abby (Sharples) Niss.
Bachelor, Colorado College, 1971.
Sports writer, Colorado Springs Free Press, 1967-1971; arts editor, Portland (Maine) Evening Express, 1971-1991; staff writer, Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram, since 1991. Consultant Concept Center Visual Studies, Portland, 1972-1974.
Member The Newspaper Guild.
Married Barbra Crowley, May 12,1973 (divorced April 1981). 1 child, Joshua Crowley. Married Judith Ann Hill, April 29, 1981.
1 child, Joshua Matthew Robert.
