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Bob Newhart was born George Robert Newhart in Oak Park, Illinois to George David Newhart and Julia Pauline Burns, both of whom were devout Catholics. A sister, M. Joan Newhart, is a Roman Catholic nun. Newhart is of Irish and German descent. Newhart attended St. Ignatius College Prep and graduated in 1952 from Loyola University, Chicago with a business degree. He was drafted in the U.S. Army, and served stateside during the Korean War until discharged in 1954. After the war he got a job as an accountant for United States Gypsum. He later clai...read more