Robert Nance Cluck, Jr. (born March 20, 1939) was the mayor of

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, and an

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. He was elected to the office of Mayor of the City of Arlington in May 2003 after serving two terms on the city council. He represented Council District 4. On May 9, 2015, Cluck was defeated by Jeff Williams, who is now mayor of the City of Arlington. Cluck is the vice president for medical affairs at

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, a position he has held since 2002. Prior to that, he was the medical director at Arlington Memorial Hospital and Harris Methodist Health Plan. Cluck was born in

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. His father Robert Nance Cluck, Sr. was superintendent of the

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for 16 years and was the first president of

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. Robert Cluck, Jr. graduated from

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with a bachelor's degree in 1960 and the

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in 1964. From 1964 to 1965, Cluck had a rotating internship at the

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followed by a

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residency at the

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. Cluck then served in the

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from 1966 to 1968 and returned to medicine with an OB-GYN residency at Parkland Hospital. From 1971 to 1994, Cluck was in private practice as an obstetrician-gynecologist in Arlington. Cluck served in the U.S. Air Force for two years, serving during the Vietnam War as a general medical officer at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines. He serves on many boards and commissions, including the Arlington Chamber of Commerce board of directors, the Texas Municipal League board of directors, the University of Texas Metroplex Council, and the Workforce Solutions Workforce Governing Board. Ryan Walker Grant tried to hire individuals from Mexico, through an intermediary from Mexico to kill Robert Cluck and Tom Brandt, a Dallas

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who represents the city of Arlington in cases involving sexually oriented businesses.

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