Background
Sweet, Robert Workman was born on October 15, 1922 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of James Allen and Delia (Workman) Sweet.
Sweet, Robert Workman was born on October 15, 1922 in Yonkers, New York, United States. Son of James Allen and Delia (Workman) Sweet.
Bachelor, Yale University, 1944. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1948.
Associate firm Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, 1948-1953. Assistant United States attorney Southern District New York, 1953-1955. Associate firm Casey, Lane & Mittendorf, 1955-1965, partner, 1957-1965.
Counsel Interdepartmental Task Force on Youth and Juvenile Delinquency, 1958-1978. Deputy mayor New York City, 1966-1969. Partner firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, 1970-1977.
Member hearing office New York City Transit Authority, 1975-1977. Judge United States District Court (southern district) New York, New York, 1978—1991, senior judge, since 1991. Participant United States Information Agency Rule of Law Program in Albania, 1991.
Observer Albanian elections, 1992.
President Community Service Society, 1961-1978. Trustee School Management Urban Policy, since 1970, Taft School. Vestryman St. Georges Epis.
Church, 1958-1963. Served to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York, New York Law Institute, New York County Lawyers Association, State Bar Association, American Legion (Commander Willard Straight Post) Clubs: Quaker Hill Country, Century Association, Merchants, Indian Harbor Yacht, Mid City Republican.
Married Adele Hall, May 12, 1973. Children by previous marriage– Robert, Deborah, Ames, Eliza.