Iman, Robert

Born to a working-class family, Robert Iman grew up in 1970s and '80s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the son of a steel worker and only child to Robert and Shirley Iman. At the start of the Persian Gulf War, he enlisted in the US Navy, trained as a Navy Hospital Corpsman, and served with the US Marines in Operation Restore Hope and at the Balboa Naval Medical Center in San Diego, California.

After an Honorable Discharge in 1994, Bob stayed in San Diego. Facing economic hardship, he was temporarily homeless, but after finding work and residence, pursued his longtime dream: college. In 1999, at