Robert J. Hogan

### Siblings

James Peter Hogan, Andrew Louis Hogan (brothers) Marjorie "Markie" Hogan (sister)

### Children

Robert K. Hogan (son), Alexandria "Lexy" Hogan (daughter)

### Relationships

Unrevealed

*"Rumors are like buses.... There's always another one." - Robert J. Hogan*

**Robert James Hogan** is the owner of the Universal Science Institute, one of the largest pharmaceutical, technology and meteorological research facilities in the United States, an organization founded and developed by his father, former Air Force Colonel Robert E. Hogan. A resident of Nashville, Tennessee, his company has developed technology in both the public and private sectors, including companies like the BioMart Medical Company, Allegius Medical and Hedison Pharmaceuticals.

Not much is known about his early life. Publicly, it is believed he was born September 9, 1951, sometime after his father ran in the Ohio Senate Election, but some references place his birthdate as far back as 1946 or 1931. By one account, he was born out of wedlock while his father was serving overseas in World War Two, but he also claims to have been very young when he was exploring the underground tunnels and passageways under the USI facility in Cleveland. He has two brothers, James and Andrew, and a sister, Markie, who were raised and brought up on property near Nashville, Tennessee. Growing up, he heard several stories about his father's years in Germany through his relatives and by the wartime associates of his father. One of whom was a former German Sergeant named Hans Schultz, who owned a toy factory, and was helped by his father to sell his toys in the United States. Robert was very good friends with the elderly toy maker, and thought of him as his grandfather.

Attending Nathaniel Berry High School near Nashville, Hogan pursued studies in American History, Ancient Civilization and Film-Making at Tennessee State University. Afterward, he got a job at USI as an efficiency expert, traveling around the United States and opening new research facilities and sometimes acquiring small struggling businesses grouped together under the Lightoller-Crosby Company owned by USI. During this time, he met and encountered several individuals he convinced to lend their talents and expertise in various fields to USI, such as William Collins, a horror writer with considerable knowledge in mythology and the paranormal, Daniel Featherstone, an expert race car driver and altruistic optimist, Gaylord Focker, a dedicated make nurse connected to the pharmaceutical business, Karen Rooney, an American-Hindu real estate developer with contacts in the film industry, and Dr. David Marrow, a New England psychology professor who pursued paranormal research. Many of these people ended up being paid for research contributed to USI or employed as agents sent on assignments for the institute.

Fascinated by the paranormal, Hogan directed the creation of offices in USI devoted to catalog and evaluate the research behind haunted houses, the UFO phenomenon and cryptozoological creatures when he became a director in the company, but most of his responsibilities were in conducting efficiency in the company and evaluating contracts with new companies wanting to do business. It was in this capacity that he met Carter Hedison, the owner of Hedison Pharmaceuticals, who was hoping to invest in and sell medical equipment from USI. Having had USI research Hedison's past and reputation, Hogan was hesitant to have USI associated with Carter, but he also knew he could not alienate him as a potential client. Reportedly, he had USI stock-holder Maria Hill invest in Carter's company to keep tabs on his company as well as debutante Rebecca Logue to monitor Carter's private life. Over the years, Hogan, Hill and Logue sometimes attended soirees at the Hedison Mansion.

After his father's passing in 1982, Hogan was encouraged by several USI stock-holders and his father's closest friends to take over full control of the company and manage it, a role he was very hesitant to take over. Aided by the most respected directors in the company, many of whom became his advisors, Hogan took the job hesitantly. In Spring 1987, he learned from Hill that Hedison had hired a detective named Dash Andrews to investigate him in order to plan a hostile takeover of USI. Instead of blocking the investigation, Hogan had USI employee Joe Summerville from its film-making division act as an informant and deluge Andrews with fake information, sending him on wild goose chases across the country and abroad in attempts to find dirt on Hogan. The act instead exhausted Andrews and boggled Carter Hedison for years, keeping Carter confused with false leads and bogus information for years.

Since 1972, Hogan has been married to celebrity chef and author, Demi Schultz-Hogan, the grand-daughter of Hans Schultz. An avid out-doors man, Hogan enjoys fishing and boating and building miniature train sets.