Renfro, Robert T., 1931-

Robert Terry Renfro was born in Jacksonville, Texas June 30, 1931 to Joseph Terry Renfro and Lala Pauline Nicholson Renfro. During his youth, Renfro's parents ran the Greyhound bus station and coffee shop in Hillsboro, Texas and moved to Austin in 1944 where both worked for the Internal Revenue Service. Renfro attended Austin High School from 1945-1948 graduating in June of 1948. After high school, he began working on an undergraduate degree in Plan II at University of Texas at Austin. His college education was interrupted by military service in the Air Force from 1951-1954, but Renfro continued his education graduating with a Bachelor of Business Administration from University of Texas (1956), as well as a Bachelor of Industrial Design from Pratt Institute (1958).

After graduation, Robert Renfro was employed as an industrial designer at General Electric Company, Syracuse, New York from 1958-1961, and General Motors Corporation, Detroit, Michigan from 1961-1964. His projects included work on the "Futurama II," the General Motors exhibition at the 1964-1965 World's Fair in New York.

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