Background
Strickland, Robert Marion was born on March 1, 1895 in Tallapoosa, Georgia, United States. Son of Robert Marion and Leola Ruth (Atkinson) Strickland.
Strickland, Robert Marion was born on March 1, 1895 in Tallapoosa, Georgia, United States. Son of Robert Marion and Leola Ruth (Atkinson) Strickland.
Student Emory University, 1910-1912. Bachelor of Laws, Atlanta Law School, 1914.
With Fourth National Bank (now First National Bank), 1919-1933, vice president, 1922-1933. Director, executive vice president Trust Company of Georgia and Trust Company of Georgia Associates, 1933-1936, president since 1936. Director Coca Cola International Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware.
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta (Georgia), Tubize Rayon Corporation, New York, New New York
Dyersburg (Tennessee) Cotton Products Company, North Carolina & Saint L. Railway, Nashville.
Member American Bankers’ Association, Treasury War Borrowing Committee, vice chairman Southern Research Institute, Birmingham, Ala, President Atlanta Clearing House Association, 1927, also president same, 1944. President Georgia Bankers Association, 1927-1928, Reserve City Bankers Association, 1937-1938. Member executive council national bank division, American Bankers Association, 1927, vice president, 1931-1932.
Trustee John Bulow Campbell Foundation, Atlanta, Georgia.
Member Omicron Delta Kappa, Kappa Alpha. Clubs: Capital City, Piedmont Driving, Rotary, Oglethorpe.
Married Jessie Dickey, October 15, 1919. Children: Mary Jessie, Robert Marion III. Practiced law as associate with Brandon & Hynds, Atlanta, 1913-1917.