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:''Not to be confused with Robert McFarlane, the national security advisor under [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]]''

:''Not to be confused with Robert McFarlane, the national security advisor under [[U.S. President]] [[Ronald W. Reagan]]''

​'''Millard Robert McFarland, Jr.''', known as '''Bob McFarland''' (June 12, 1941 &ndash; July 23, 2014),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dfw/obituary.aspx?pid=171869185|title=M. Robert "Bob" McFarland, Jr.|publisher=''Fort Worth Star-Telegram''|date=July 27, 2014|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] and lobbyist in Arlington<ref name=lawyer>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawyers.com/v4/Texas/Arlington/Bob-McFarland-1620528-a.html|title=Bob McFarland, Lawyer in Arlington, Texas|publisher=lawyers.com|accessdate=September 12, 2011; information no longer on-line}}</ref> and [[Austin]], [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/lobbying/lobbyist/12308/mcfarland-bob/|title=Bob McFarland|publisher=texastribune.org|accessdate=September 16, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref> who served from 1983 to 1991 as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 10, then located in parts parts of [[Dallas]], Denton, and Tarrant counties. From 1977 to 1983, McFarland served as a state representative for the former districts 32-B and 32-D in Tarrant County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=321&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~district=~first=~gender=~last=McFarland~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Bob McFarland|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}</ref>​

'''Millard Robert McFarland, Jr.''', known as '''Bob McFarland''' (June 12, 1941 &ndash; July 23, 2014),<ref name=obit>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dfw/obituary.aspx?pid=171869185|title=M. Robert "Bob" McFarland, Jr.|publisher=''Fort Worth Star-Telegram''|date=July 27, 2014|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref> was an [[attorney]] and lobbyist in Arlington<ref name=lawyer>{{cite web|url=http://www.lawyers.com/v4/Texas/Arlington/Bob-McFarland-1620528-a.html|title=Bob McFarland, Lawyer in Arlington, Texas|publisher=lawyers.com|accessdate=September 12, 2011; information no longer on-line}}</ref> and [[Austin]], [[Texas]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.texastribune.org/library/data/lobbying/lobbyist/12308/mcfarland-bob/|title=Bob McFarland|publisher=texastribune.org|accessdate=September 16, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref> who served from 1983 to 1991 as a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state senator for District 10, then located in parts parts of [[Dallas]], Denton, and Tarrant counties. From 1977 to 1983, McFarland served as a state representative for the former districts 32-B and 32-D in Tarrant County.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/legeLeaders/members/memberDisplay.cfm?memberID=321&searchparams=chamber=~city=~countyID=0~district=~first=~gender=~last=McFarland~leaderNote=~leg=~party=~roleDesc=~Committee=|title=Bob McFarland|publisher=lrl.state.tx.us|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}</ref>​

 

==Background==

==Background==

McFarland was born in Okaloosa in Mahaska County in southeastern [[Iowa]], to Millard McFarland, Sr. (1910-1955), and the former Mildred Fern VanBibber (born 1913), both of whom are interred at St. Marys Cemetery in Newton in Harvey County, [[Kansas]].<ref name=obit/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10479104/millard-robert-mcfarland|title=Millard Robert McFarland|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref> In 1959, McFarland graduated from Arlington High School. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1963 from the University of Texas at Arlington. He then procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the Dedman School of Law at [[Southern Methodist University]] in University Park, Texas. He was admitted to the bar in 1966.<ref name=lawyer/> McFarland was cited for achievement in the publication ''Texas Business.'' In 1981, he received the G. J. Sutton Memorial Leadership Award and was named "Legislator of the Year" by the Texas Municipal League. In civic affairs, McFarland is a former director of the Tarrant County Humane Society and the Arlington Civic Chorus. He is a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/texas_senators/Public/Texas_Senate_68.pdf|title=Texas Senate: Bob McFarland|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}</ref>​

McFarland was born in Okaloosa in Mahaska County in southeastern [[Iowa]], to Millard McFarland, Sr. (1910-1955), and the former Mildred Fern VanBibber (born 1913), both of whom are interred at St. Marys Cemetery in Newton in Harvey County, [[Kansas]].<ref name=obit/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/10479104/millard-robert-mcfarland|title=Millard Robert McFarland|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=April 2, 2020}}</ref> In 1959, McFarland graduated from Arlington High School. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1963 from the University of Texas at Arlington. He then procured his [[Juris Doctor]]ate from the Dedman School of Law at [[Southern Methodist University]] in University Park, Texas. He was admitted to the bar in 1966.<ref name=lawyer/> McFarland was cited for achievement in the publication ''Texas Business.'' In 1981, he received the G. J. Sutton Memorial Leadership Award and was named "Legislator of the Year" by the Texas Municipal League. In civic affairs, McFarland is a former director of the Tarrant County Humane Society and the Arlington Civic Chorus. He is a [[Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lrl.state.tx.us/scanned/members/texas_senators/Public/Texas_Senate_68.pdf|title=Texas Senate: Bob McFarland|publisher=Texas Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=March 31, 2020}}</ref>​

For a time, he was a special agent for the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], in which capacity he worked under [[J. Edgar Hoover]].<ref name=park/><ref name=obit/>

For a time, he was a special agent for the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], in which capacity he worked under [[J. Edgar Hoover]].<ref name=obit/><ref name=park/>

McFarland and his wife, the former Jane Highfill, whom he met at a church function in 1964, had a a son, Bobby McFarland (died 2006), and two daughters, Terry (Ron) BeVellen and Sandra (Tom) Worth.<ref name=obit/>

McFarland and his wife, the former Jane Highfill, whom he met at a church function in 1964, had a son, Bobby McFarland (died 2006), and two daughters, Terry (Ron) BeVellen and Sandra (Tom) Worth.<ref name=obit/>

==Political life==

==Political life==

 

In 1979, 1981, 1983, and 1985, McFarland was ranked among the "Ten Best Legislators" from both chambers by ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/magazine/bestworst|title=Best and Worst Legislators (by year)|publisher=texasmonthly.com|accessdate=September 12, 2011; material no longer on-line.}}</ref> In 1989, McFarland was one of five senators to serve as  Senate President Pro Tempore, having succeeded his regional colleague, Democrat Hugh Quay Parmer (born 1939) of [[Fort Worth]].<ref>List of Presidents pro tempore of the Texas Senate.</ref>

In 1979, 1981, 1983, and 1985, McFarland was ranked among the "Ten Best Legislators" from both chambers by ''Texas Monthly'' [[magazine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/magazine/bestworst|title=Best and Worst Legislators (by year)|publisher=texasmonthly.com|accessdate=September 12, 2011; material no longer on-line.}}</ref> In 1989, McFarland was one of five senators to serve as  Senate President Pro Tempore, having succeeded his regional colleague, Democrat Hugh Quay Parmer (born 1939) of [[Fort Worth]].<ref>List of Presidents pro tempore of the Texas Senate.</ref>