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UP Athletics Hall of Fame Member Bob Glennen Has Passed Away

Bob Glennen's UP HOF Bio

One of the nation's leading teacher education reform pioneers, Dr. Robert E. Glennen, Jr. died Tuesday, Dec. 1, in Las Vegas, NV, at the age of 82 due to complications from a fall. He was born March 31, 1933 to Robert E. Glennen, Sr. and, Laverda Elledge Glennen, near Omaha, Nebraska. Glennen was an outstanding athlete, scholar, and loving father and grandfather. Glennen earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in counseling from the University of Notre Dame, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in languages and an Master of Education degree in Educational Administration from the University of Portland.