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IN MEMORIAM
ROBBIN COLYER ANDERSON
Robbin Colyer Anderson, 85, of Fayetteville,
AR, died Saturday, January 22, 2000, at Washington Regional Medical
Center in Fayetteville. He was born June 8, 1914 in DeRidder,
LA to Ward and Elizabeth Richardson Anderson.
Professor Anderson was educated in the Lake Charles, LA, public schools,
received his baccalaureate and master's degrees from Louisiana State
University and his doctorate from the University of Wisconsin. He married
Margaret (Peg) Ball in 1946 in East Lansing, MI. He taught physical chemistry
at The University of Texas, Austin, from 1939 to 1967, where he was department
chairman from 1945 to 1950. Also, during his years as graduate advisor
he helped many graduate students in our department. He served as head
of the Academic Institute Program of the National Science foundation
in 1960-61.
In 1967, Prof. Anderson moved to Fayetteville to become Dean of the College
of Arts and Sciences and professor of chemistry at the University of
Arkansas. He was a member of the American Chemical Society, Sigma Xi,
and the Fayetteville Rotary Club. He served as president of the Texas
Academy of Science, the Arkansas Academy of Science, the Arkansas Association
of Deans and the University chapter of the American Chemical Society.
He was a member of the Central United Methodist Church in Fayetteville.
On a less formal basis, he enjoyed playing tennis frequently with a group
from the chemistry department, Norman Hackerman, Al Matsen and Tom Morgan.
The same group joined by other campus associates savored five-cent coffee
at 10 a.m. on most mornings at a suitable coffee shop. After leaving
UT-Austin in 1967, he continued the morning sessions on occasional visits
to Austin until quite recently.
He is survived by his wife, Margaret (Peg) Ball Anderson; three sons,
Charles Ward and his wife Linda Mahaffey Anderson of Okemos, MI, Robbin
Bruce and his wife Elizabeth Lysinger Anderson of Houston, and Richard
Ball and his wife Karen Imhoff Anderson of Weston, CT; and seven grandchildren.
Memorials may be made to the Dean Robbin C. Anderson Scholarship Fund,
University of Arkansas Development Office, 325 Administration Building,
Fayetteville, 72701, or the Fayetteville Public Library, 217 East Dickson,
Fayetteville, 72701, or a favorite charity.
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Larry R. Faulkner, President
The University of Texas at Austin
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John R. Durbin, Secretary
The General Faculty
This memorial resolution was prepared by a special
committee consisting of Professors Leon O. Morgan, Gerhard Fonken,
and Norman Hackerman.
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