Robert Jack Huckshorn died on Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018, at the age of 90.
Born Oct. 7, 1928, in the small town of Houston, MO, in the Ozark Mountains, Dr. Huckshorn earned enough money to enroll at Missouri State University in Springfield by working in his grandfather’s hardware store and delivering newspapers. After receiving his bachelor’s degree, he was drafted and assigned to the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps., serving as a Special Agent. Following his military discharg…