Our brother Robert was a consummate artist, electrical engineer and culinary innovator.  

He was infused with a talent for making things.  Building a regulation soapbox car to enter the official Soap Box Derby was one of his early achievements.   Solely the momentum gained from navigating the steep grade of the racing course propelled the car.  He competed in that race which took place on Germantown Road hill.  That was the original racing course and site of the Soap Box Derby in Dayton, Ohio.  

Mechanically inclined he was the family expert in all things mechanical and electrical and artistic. As a young child (not yet in high school) he was recognized and called upon to repair appliances.  He often got into trouble however when his electrical proclivities lead to our telephones being transformed and put to use in countless ways for which they had not been otherwise designed.   
 

Robert was also an artist, poet and science fiction writer.  Philomena entered three of his pieces in a juried art show.  Two of the three entries received second and third place awards.

In the passing years his creative interests expanded to include the culinary arts.  He experimented with unusual flavors and food combinations that bordered on the unimaginable.  His creations included vegan-raw food energy bars and pepper flavored ice cream.

Robert earned his high school diploma from Valley Forge Military Academy in Valley Forge, PA.  He went on to pursue studies in electrical engineering.  He earned his bachelor degree in electrical engineering in 1979 from Prairie View A & M University of Texas.

We were very close most of all, he was my loving friend both in childhood and as an adult.

Born in Phoenix, Arizona September 14, 1958 – died May 29,2015 in Santa Ana, California. In his birth family, he was the youngest of four children. His two sisters Philomena Kuykendall Slater and Mildred Kuykendall Brooks survived him.