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Robert H. Boyle, Age 88; Writer, Environmentalist

IN MEMORIAM Robert H. Boyle, Age 88; Writer, Environmentalist COOPERSTOWN – Noted author and environmentalist Robert H. Boyle passed away May 19, 2017, after a long battle with cancer. He was 88 years old. Born on Aug. 21, 1928 in Brooklyn, he was the son of Elizabeth Coundouris Boyle and Robert Hamilton Boyle. He attended the Loyola School in Manhattan and then Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. After graduating from Trinity in 1949 with a BA in history, he studied…

Bob Boyle’s Vigorous Writing Style Helped Convince His SI Readers

Bob Boyle’s Vigorous Writing Style Helped Convince His SI Readers Editor’s Note: On the AllOTSEGO.issues page of this week’s edition of The Freeman’s Journal and Hometown Oneonta, you will see a profile of Bob Boyle of East Springfield, the former Sports Illustrated reporter who –  according to a new book, “Power on the Hudson,” by Robert Lifset – came up with the idea of challenging potentially polluting projects via the ecology, rather than aesthetics. Lifset said Boyle’s vigorous writing style was…