Robert B. McCaw

Born in Durham, NC, Robert B. McCaw grew up in a military family that, from his earliest memories, traveled the world, living in Panama, Japan, and Germany, as well as various places in the United States. In his travels, McCaw attended twelve different schools before enrolling in Georgetown University, where he earned a BS in Mathematics. Ambivalent about a career in math and inspired by his father’s service as a military lawyer, he joined the army as a second lieutenant, where he underwent artillery training, jumped out of airplanes, and spent 13 months at Camp Page in post-war Korea. Assigned by his camp commander to serve as a prosecutor in a special court-martial, he tried and won his first case and became hooked on the law. After leaving the army, he graduated from law school at the University of Virginia, where he became editor-in-chief of the Virginia Law Review.