Background
Haring, Robert Westing was born on November 13, 1932 in Salem, Missouri, United States. Son of Arthur S. and Martha I. (Westing) Haring.
Haring, Robert Westing was born on November 13, 1932 in Salem, Missouri, United States. Son of Arthur S. and Martha I. (Westing) Haring.
Associate of Arts, Kansas City Community College, Missouri, 1951. BJ, Bachelor in History, University Missouri, 1954.
Reporter, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, 1954-1955; city editor, Southern Illinoisan, Carbondale, Illinois, 1957-1959; writer, Associated Press, Little Rock, 1959-1961; correspondent, Associated Press, Tulsa, 1961-1964; assistant bureau chief, Associated Press, Columbus, Ohio., 1964-1967; bureau chief, Associated Press, Newark, 1967-1971; executive, Associated Press, New York City, 1971-1975; Sunday editor, Tulsa World, 1975-1981; executive editor, Tulsa World, 1981-1995; retired, 1998.
Chairman Goodwill Industries, Tulsa, 1990-1994. Board directors River Parks Authority, Tulsa, 1985-1993. President Tulsa Zoofriends, 1994-1996.
Chairman Tulsa Mentoring Council, Tulsa Literature Coalition, 1996-1998. Initiated price earnings ratio in newspaper stock tables, 1973. With United States Army, 1955-1957.
Married Jo M. Houser, June 1, 1957 (deceased November 1991). Children: Robert A., Joel B., Jon G. Married Carolyn Scudder, May 20, 1995.