Robert c atchley biography of rory

Atchley—Robert C. Atchley, 79, on November 13, 2018, in Boulder, Colo. Bob was born on September 18, 1939, in San Antonio, Tex. He married Sue Hyser in 1961, and that same year graduated with a dual major in sociology and psychology from Miami University.

He and Sue had two children, Christopher and Melissa. He completed a doctorate in sociology from American University in 1965 and returned to Miami University in 1966 as a professor and director of the Scripps Gerontology Center, becoming a convinced Quaker and joining Oxford (Ohio) Meeting that year.

With a lifelong interest in singing, he began writing songs in the 1970s.

He married Sheila J. Miller in 1976; she had a son, also named Christopher. Two visits to India with Sheila in 1978 and 1979 to be with teacher of existential spirituality Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj profoundly influenced his spiritual journey, and he later encouraged and supported the spirituality of others, publishing “spirituality” entries in three encyclope