Robert E. Staples, (Ph.D., home economics) died at age 79 in Australia on Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. Dr. Staples leaves behind a towering legacy in the family field as a prolific researcher and a leading authority of Black family life. He reached the rank of professor emeritus of sociology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco, having began at this university in 1973. The National Council on Family Relations published a full obituary.