Honorary Doctorate Recipient, Longtime Benefactor Robert Failing Dies at Age 89
September 06, 2018
September 06, 2018
CULLOWHEE, North Carolina, Sept. 6 -- Western Carolina University issued the following news release:
Dr. Robert M. "Bob" Failing, an alumnus and longtime benefactor of Western Carolina University who received an honorary doctorate from the institution in 2007, died Saturday, Sept. 1, at the age of 89.
A native of Michigan, Failing enrolled at Western Carolina Teachers College (now WCU) in 1948 after an unsuccessful college experience in California, and in late . . .
Dr. Robert M. "Bob" Failing, an alumnus and longtime benefactor of Western Carolina University who received an honorary doctorate from the institution in 2007, died Saturday, Sept. 1, at the age of 89.
A native of Michigan, Failing enrolled at Western Carolina Teachers College (now WCU) in 1948 after an unsuccessful college experience in California, and in late . . .