Early Life
Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, he survived the devastating landfall of a hurricane at age six, in which one of his family members drowned. Bob graduated with honors from the Corpus Christi high school in 1929. Fascinated by the weather, he went on to get a bachelors of science degree in physics from Southwestern University in 1933, and a masters of science degree in physics from Emory University in 1935. Finding no work as a physicist during the Great Depression, he taught music in Texas high schools.
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