BIO: Robert F. HARE, Blair County, PA

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Donehoo, George P., Editor-in-Chief.  Pennsylvania, A History, 
Vol. 3, Biography.  New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 
1926, page 145.
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  ROBERT F. HARE - The two Hares, of Altoona, form one of the most 
successful law firms in Blair County.  Robert F. Hare, the junior member of 
the firm, in practice but a few years is advancing rapidly under the 
tutelage of his father, the prominent Thomas C. Hare, whose biography 
precedes and who is among Altoona's leading lawyers.  Robert F. Hare, a 
World War veteran, is popular in the young set of Altoona, is well known and 
active in club and fraternal affairs and highly esteemed in the Mountain 
City.
  Robert F. Hare was born in Altoona, February 21, 1897, his mother being 
Fannie (Kurtz) Hare.  The Altoona schools, both grade and high, gave him his 
early education, and Harvard University and Lafayette colleges gave him his 
legal and higher academic education.  He was graduated from Lafayette 
College with the degree of Bachelor of Philosophy and from Harvard School of 
Law in 1922 with the degree of Bachelor of Laws.  In the fall of 1922 Mr. 
Hare was admitted to the bar of Blair County and, having associated himself 
with his father, he has been in practice since then.  The Hares maintain 
their offices at No. 223 Central Trust Building, Altoona, and their practice 
as a firm extends throughout Blair County.  Robert F. Hare served in the 
Medical Corps of the United States Army from 1918 to 1919, holding the rank 
of sergeant.  Politically he is Independent.  He is a member of the Phi 
Kappa Psi fraternity of Lafayette College, the Blairmont Country Club and 
the Altoona Cricket Club.  He and his family attend the First Lutheran 
Church of Altoona.
  Mr. Hare married Blanda Crooks in Clarion, Pennsylvania, June 4, 1923.  
They reside at No. 2708 Union Avenue, Altoona.