Editing Robert Spangler (section)

===Early life===
Spangler was raised in Ames, Iowa, where a laboratory at Iowa State University is named after his father, a civil engineer. Spangler played football in high school where he met his first wife Nancy. They married in 1955 and moved to Littleton Colorado. They had a son, David in 1961 and daughter, Susan in 1963. By 1978, He was working for the American Water Works company. Over the years, Spangler worked for Honeywell's camera and instruments division, served as public relations director for a non profit organisation, and as a part-time disc jockey at a radio station. He also took part in Theatre Arts as an actor.