Robin Beard was educated at Montgomery Bell Academy and graduated from Vanderbilt University, where he was a member of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
13 Facts About Robin Beard
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Robin Beard was a former colonel in the United States Marine Corps Reserve.
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In 1970, Beard was appointed Tennessee personnel commissioner by newly elected Republican Governor Winfield Dunn.
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Robin Beard's victory was not considered an upset, given the considerably more Republican bent of the redrawn district.
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Robin Beard worked this district well over the next decade, building up a large following in a district where most of the living residents had never been represented by a Republican before.
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In 1976, Robin Beard faced former Senator Ross Bass, who had represented the 6th from 1955 to 1964.
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However, Robin Beard turned back this challenge fairly easily, winning by almost 29 points.
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Robin Beard took over 74 percent of the vote in 1978, and was unopposed in 1980.
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Robin Beard did not run for a sixth term in the 1982 elections, opting instead to run for the Republican nomination to oppose freshman Democratic Senator Jim Sasser.
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Robin Beard was appointed as a NATO deputy secretary-general in Belgium from 1984 to 1987, and from 1992 to 1995.
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Robin Beard later ran a Washington, DC-based import-export business and was at one time a resident of Alexandria, Virginia.
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Robin Beard died from a brain tumor in Isle of Palms, South Carolina.
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Robin Beard's funeral was held at the Huguenot Church in Charleston, South Carolina.