Robert Fogelin

Robert John Fogelin (born June 24, 1932, died October 24, 2016) was an American philosopher and a leading scholar of modern Pyrrhonism. He held the title of Professor of Philosophy and Sherman Fairchild Professor in the Humanities at Dartmouth College, where he had been a faculty member since 1980. In 2005, he was elected as a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Fogelin passed away on October 24, 2016, following a battle with Parkinson's disease. His academic background includes a B.A. from the University of Rochester in 1955, an M.A. from Yale University in 1957, and a Ph.D. from Yale in 1960. He began his academic career at Pomona College in 1958, moved to Yale as an associate professor in 1966, and served as master of Trumbull College from 1973 to 1976 before joining Dartmouth in 1980.