Biography
Robert Yates, the son of Rev. John Clyde Yates, grew up as one of nine children in Charlotte, North Carolina. As a youth, he raced his own dragster in the late 1950s. During his formative years, he moved to Wake Forest to live with his sister's family. In 1961, he graduated Wake Forest High School a straight-A student. In 1964, Yates graduated from Wilson Technical College in North Carolina, earning a degree in mechanical engineering.
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