Robert J. ‘Bob’ Hardin (’50, ’56 M.A.), Denton, Professor Emeritus of French who worked at UNT from 1959 to 1994, died Aug. 16. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1955, studying Russian at the Monterey Language Institute in California. He earned a doctorate in French from the University of Illinois, writing his dissertation on Marcel Proust, and received a post-doctorate Fulbright Research Grant for study at the University of Pau in France. He was a lifetime member of the President’s Council and a longtime supporter of the university. As a student, he was a member of Sigma Delta Pi and was named Who’s Who in foreign languages.
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Robert J. ‘Bob’ Hardin (’50, ’56 M.A.), Denton, Professor Emeritus of French who worked at UNT from 1959 to 1994, died Aug. 16. He served in the U.S. Air Force from 1951 to 1955, studying Russian at the Monterey Language Institute in California. He earned a doctorate in French from the University of Illinois, writing his dissertation on Marcel Proust, and received a post-doctorate Fulbright Research Grant for study at the University of Pau in France. He was a lifetime member of the President’s Council and a longtime supporter of the university. As a student, he was a member of Sigma Delta Pi and was named Who’s Who in foreign languages.
