[2] He grew up in Hamburg, New York, where his father, Dr James Roberts, a Cornell graduate, was a veterinarian.
[2] Roberts himself graduated from Cornell in 1938, where he trained as a veterinarian and served as Captain of the polo team.
[2] They moved to Manhattan, Kansas, where he taught veterinary medicine and earned his Master of Science.
[2][3] He implemented "split strings" for intercollegiate polo, requiring home teams to provide horses so visitors didn't have to bring theirs to the game.
[3] In 1972, he left Cornell and moved to Woodstock, Vermont, where he worked as a veterinarian with his brother, Dr. James Roberts.