Background
Friend, Robert Ellas was born on September 1, 1886 in Merton, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jacob E. and Alice (Levy) F.: Mechanical Engineering, Cornell, 1909.
Friend, Robert Ellas was born on September 1, 1886 in Merton, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Jacob E. and Alice (Levy) F.: Mechanical Engineering, Cornell, 1909.
Joined Nordberg Manufacturing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1909. director, since 1920, president, since 1924. Director Marine National Exchange Bank.
Director Marine National.
Member National Industrial Conference Board, American Bureau Shipping. Member Cornellian Council. Vice president,; Served as major Ordnance Department, 1917-1919.
Member Engineers Society Milwaukee, Army Ordnance Association, Society Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, American Society Naval Engineers, Theta Xi. Clubs: University, Engineers, Wisconsin. Milwaukee Athletic, Chenequa Country, Pine Lake Yacht, Cornell (Milwaukee).
Married Neita Oviatt, January 17, 1914. Children: Carl O., John M., Edward S., Sally F. Munro, Roberta, and F. Downey.