This article will dive into the early life and educational background of the late Bob Barker – an American television game show host who hosted CBS’s The Price Is Right, the longest-running game show in North American television history, from 1972 to 2007.
Continue reading to learn more about him.
Where did Bob Barker go to college and high school?
Barker was born in Darrington, Washington to Byron John Barker and Matilda Kent Tarleton but spent most of his youth on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in Mission, South Dakota.
He was the only son of his parents. He attended the grade school on the Rosebud Reservation where his mother was a teacher.
He later attended Central High School in Missouri, where he graduated in 1941. After high school, he enrolled at Drury College (now Drury University) on a basketball athletic scholarship.
According to the information gathered, he joined the United States Navy Reserve in 1943 during World War II to train as a fighter pilot but did not serve in combat. After the war, he returned to Drury to finish his education, graduating summa cum laude with a degree in economics.
