Bob became active in cancer advocacy shortly after being diagnosed with breast cancer in 1996. For many years, he was associated with the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes and wrote a regular column about living with cancer for the Ithaca Journal. Since retiring from the Cancer Resource Center, he's focused on connecting researchers-in-training at Cornell University with cancer survivors and patients in the Ithaca area.
Outside of cancer, Bob enjoys photographing birds at his feeders and imagining what the birds are thinking.
He's a native of Huntington, WV and attended Oberlin College and the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan.
Read a recent review of Bob's books by Steve Lawrence in the Ithaca Times, At Bob's Diner, the Birds are the Regulars.
His bird books are available in Ithaca at The Odyssey Bookstore, Buffalo Street Books, and Sunny Days of Ithaca. To purchase through Amazon:
The Birds at Bob's Diner
The Birds at Bob's Diner, Vol. 2
When Your Life is Touched by Cancer