He went to the University of Dayton on a football scholarship, graduating with a B.A. degree in history.
In 1985 he accepted a position at Prairie Public Television in Fargo, ND. Bob served as program director at Prairie Public until he was promoted to director of television in 1996. He served in that position until he retired in 2018.
After graduate school he became program director for KMUW Wichita KS, and in 1979 he was named the first program director for the newly licensed KNPR, Las Vegas, NV.
Has five siblings.
He grew up in Whippany, NJ playing on the battlefields of the Revolutionary War, using George Washington's headquarters as a place to stay warm (before it became a National Historic Site).