While in High School his respect and admiration for one
of his teachers convinced him that his profession was to
become a teacher, which he has followed for fifty years and
now has retired to do occasional lectures and speaking
engagements.
Charles W. Robbe was named Professor Emeritus of
Clarion State Teachers College, of Clarion Pennsylvania.
This honor was bestowed upon him mainly for his
contribution in initiating two foreign study programs-
European and Asian-at Clarion State Teachers College.
He is known as one of the "founding fathers" of the
Asian program of Culture and History in Western
Pennsylvania, having done research and delivered lectures
in Asia four times or more.
His activities over the years were varied. They included
such occupational experiences as athletic coach, choir
director, Inspector in the Bureau of Entomology and
Plant Quarantine, conductor of educational tours all over
the Far East and on the Continent.
Source: A Goodly Heritage Supplement #1 Spring 1975
Charles W. Robbe was born in Mt. Carroll, Carroll
County, Illinois. He was born March 2, 1904, the fifth son
of Reuben F. and Laura V. Robbe. He attended both
schools in Mt. Carroll and the first four grades in his
elementary education, was received in what was then
known as, West Carroll School, District #1. The other
grade and High School were located in the far South of the
the City. He was promoted from the elementary school in
1918 and was graduated from the Mt. Carroll Community
High School in 1922.
