Allan Robert Humbert (1920-2012)

Robert Humbert, our former vice president, died in November, 2012. He is believed to be the last surviving charter member of the Indiana Inventors Association, formed in the early 1980’s to help inventors with marketing. Bob invented, patented (US 4,281,368), made, and sold a house-key light. He expressed his creativity in other ways too – by teaching school and by publishing a book, “WWII Letters to My Girl Back Home: From Nigeria, Arabia and Turkey”, which describes his war time experiences as a weatherman. Bob was active in the Association until he was 92 years old, holding various positions (including president), recording meetings, creating meeting summaries, and compiling information for newsletters. Always in good humor, when asked how it felt to turn 90 years old, Bob replied, “Not much different than it felt to turn 89.” We enjoyed Bob’s presence, assistance, contributions, and knowledge and will miss our good friend and colleague.