Robert Glasgow (February 28, 1942 – September 22, 2023) was an American Democratic Party politician from Stephenville, Texas, who held office as a member of the Senate of Texas. Glasgow was trained as a lawyer.[1] He was the winner of the 1994 Ig Nobel Prize in Chemistry for sponsoring a 1989 drug law that made it illegal to buy laboratory glassware without a permit.[2]
Glasgow also served as President Pro Tem of the Senate, serving on many occasions as Governor of Texas and was honored in 1991 as Governor for a Day at a statewide ceremony at the State Capitol in Austin, Texas.
Glasgow received his B.A. from Tarleton State University and his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law. He was a member of the Tarleton Purple Association, Erath County Bar Association, Hood County Bar Association, Parker County Bar Association, Tarrant County Bar Association, American Bar Association, and Texas Bar Association.[3] He was an active Freemason, and served for 30 years as parliamentarian for the Grand Lodge of Texas AF & AM.
Bob Glasgow died on September 22, 2023, at the age of 81.[4]
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- ^ "TX Lawyers - Find Texas Lawyers - Austin - Dallas - Houston - San Antonio and other Texas cities". Txlawyers.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "Improbable Research » Blog Archive". Improbable.com. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ Top Attorneys of North America
- ^ "Former Senator Robert J. Glasgow to be laid to rest at Texas State Cemetery in Austin". Beneth the Surface News. Retrieved 22 September 2023.
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