02 Broadcaster Press April 15, 2014 www.broadcasteronline.com Robert Colvin, former Broadcaster Press publisher, remembered A longtime Vermillion resident, former publisher of The Broadcaster Press, and father of Grammyaward winning singer and songwriter Shawn Colvin has passed away. Robert H. Colvin, whose grandfather owned and edited the Vermillion Plain Talk more than a century ago, died April 1 in Austin, TX. He was 83. “Everyone who knew him in Vermillion and thereafter would remark upon his humor,” his son, Geoff Colvin, said in a phone interview, “and the fact that he was always finding ways to be funny in a good-natured way. “He just had a spark that led him to do these things – there are countless stories, but everyone will remember that; everyone who knew him will remark upon that. It was a wonderful thing because it just made people feel good. It was something that lightened their day and I think that has had an affect on all of us.” Geoff also remembers while growing up in Vermillion that there was “always music in the house. “I think of my sister in particular, but all of us were influenced by the fact that he loved music. He taught himself to play the piano, and the guitar, and the banjo,” he said. “He had a beautiful voice, and our mother also has a beautiful voice, and they were enthusiastic singers and were always in choirs and choruses. “The idea of being surrounded by music and of performing was something we all grew up with,” Geoff said. “For most of us, the singing was in the (United) Congregational Church and Jack Noble was the organist and choir master. It really had an influence on all of us.” Robert Colvin was born in Sioux City, IA, and spent the first part of his life in Vermillion, where he grew up, attended USD, and owned The Broadcaster Press, which his father, Bob Sr., had started. Then, at age 35 and with four children, he decided to sell the business, return to school, and change his life’s direction. Geoff said his father, who had studied journalism for three years but had not received his degree before taking over publishing duties at The Broadcaster Press, decided to study psychology. “As far as I can recall, he sold the business, and then devoted himself full-time to school,” Geoff said. Bob spent the second half of his career on the faculty of the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, of which he was a founder, in Carbondale, IL. According to his obituary, he was one of the school’s most popular professors, adored by students who were grateful for the humor and energy he brought to lectures. He had previously earned his master’s and Ph.D. degrees in clinical psychology at SIU. After his retirement, Bob and his wife, Barbara, moved to Austin in 1997. Today, Geoff is a senior editor at Fortune Magazine in New York City. As he remembers his father, he can’t help but also recall his childhood in Vermillion. “I strongly believe it was the greatest place to grow up. As a kid, you spend almost all of your entire life outdoors, and those were the days when nobody worried too much about you,” he said. “With my friends, we just ranged all over town, doing what we wanted, getting only into minor trouble, not major trouble – I loved all of it.” Geoff said he spent a lot of time at the old municipal golf course, where his father, who was an avid golfer, began teaching him the sport when he was 6 years old. The Broadcaster Press Please Recycle also was one of his favorite Vermillion hangouts. “This was the era of hot lead, and I remember those machines and the molten lead,” he said. “I would just visit and talk to the folks who were working … I have to say I loved to visit, I loved to see how the work was done – how all of the ads would come in and be photographed under these incredibly bright lights. “I remember when my father got a big, big offset press. It was big for 1964,” Geoff said, “and that was a major day when that got brought into the building.” To say that Bob Colvin lived a full life perhaps is an understatement, as his obituary notes his many passions and accomplishments. He built a canoe, a cabin cruiser that he kept on Lewis and Clark Lake, a vacation home in the mountains of New Mexico, and furniture that fills his home and the homes of his children. He published a book and many scholarly articles. 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