Robert A. Cinader

Robert A. Cinader, also fondly known as RAC, was born on November 10, 1924. He was raised in New York City, where he attended prestigious Townsend Harris, an experimental prep school open only to those public school students with extremely high IQs. He enrolled at New York University for a semester before being drafted into the army during World War II, where he served as a logistics expert. He always said that the war changed his view of life: he was aware of the planned invasion of Japan and was certain he would die on the Japanese beaches before his 21st birthday. When Japan surrendered before America invaded, Bob felt the rest of his life was a gift. After his army hitch he returned to NYU and entered a pre-law/liberal arts curriculum, majoring in English literature. Attending school the year round, he completed a four-year course in two years. He took the entrance exams for law school and passed in the top 2% of his class. On his first day at NYU Law School he turned around and ma