Background
Crosby, Robert Berkey was born on March 26, 1911 in North Platte, Nebraska, United States. Son of Mainard E. and Cora M. (Berkey) Crosby.
Crosby, Robert Berkey was born on March 26, 1911 in North Platte, Nebraska, United States. Son of Mainard E. and Cora M. (Berkey) Crosby.
Bachelor, University Minnesota, 1931. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1935.
Partner Henry J. Beal, Omaha, 1936, Crosby & Baskins, North Plate, 1937-1947, Crosby & Crosby, North Plate, 1948-1954. Senior partner Crosby, Guenzel, Davis, Kessner & Kuester, Lincoln, Nebraska, from 1955. Speaker State of Nebraska Legislature, 1943.
Lieutenant governor State of Nebraska, 1947-1949, governor, 1953-1955.
Board directors Landmark Legal Foundation. Acting state chairman Nebraska Republican Committee, 1948, chairman finance committee, 1972-1973, chairman board directors Nebraska Heart Association, 1958-1959. Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1944-1946.
Member American College Trial Lawyers, Nebraska Bar Association, Lincoln Bar Association, American Legion.
Married Elizabeth D. Ehler, November 29, 1934. Children: Robert M., Susan M. Smith, Mary Bolin, Michael, James Timothy, Frederick. Married LaVon K. Kehoe Stuart, May 22, 1971.