Jelaskan Biografi dari Robert Gates dalam bahasa melayu

A native of Wichita, Kansas, Gates attained the rank of Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America and is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from the Boy Scouts of America. He graduated from Wichita East High School in 1961. Gates then headed east to attend the College of William and Mary where he graduated with a B.A. in European history in 1965. While at William & Mary, Gates was an active member of Alpha Phi Omega, national service fraternity, as well as active in the Young Republicans and the business manager for the William and Mary Review, a literary and art magazine.  At William & Mary,  Gates was named the graduate that "has made the greatest contribution to his fellow man."  Gates then went on to receive a master's degree in history from Indiana University in 1966, and a Ph.D. in Russian and Soviet history from Georgetown University in 1974.