Robert Allen Riebau is the son of Elsie Kotras Riebau and Axel Riebau. He was born in 1940 in Chicago, IL.
He studied Pharmacology at the University of Illinois and later moved to California where he earned a B.S. in Engineering from the University of California.
He worked as a Mail Carrier, and joined his father in the trades as an electrician. Working as an electrician on the Aircraft Carriers at the Naval Shipyard in Long Beach afforded him the opportunity to join the Federal Aviation Administration.
Robert's hobbies included car racing, model building, air shows, electronics, science fiction, WWII history and computers.