Background
Armitage, Robert Ernest was born on September 22, 1926 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ernest and Elsie A. (Volkman) Armitage.
Armitage, Robert Ernest was born on September 22, 1926 in Lawrence, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ernest and Elsie A. (Volkman) Armitage.
Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture., Bentley College, 1946.
Senior auditor, Patterson, Teele & Dennis, Boston, 1945-1953; chief accountant, Sprague Electric Company, North Adams, Massachusetts, 1953-1965; assistant treasurer, Sprague Electric Company, 1965-1968; senior finance officer, treasurer, Sprague Electric Company, 1968-1973; senior vice president finance, treasurer, Sprague Electric Company, 1973-1985; director, Sprague Electric Company, 1968-1985; vice president finance, Lakewood Industries, Inc. and its divisions, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, from 1985; vice president finance, Poly-Matrix Inc, Pittsfield, Massachusetts, 1985-1986; vice president finance, Syntronics, Inc., 1985-1986; vice president finance, Lakewood Mold Company Inc., 1985-1986; vice president finance, Lakewood Industries, Inc., from 1986. Treasurer Sprague Electric Company Credit Union, 1953-1968. Member of advisory board Berkshire Bank & Trust, North Adams, 1972-1985.
Board directors, treasurer Northern Berkshire Santa Fund, North Adams, from 1958. Corporator North Adams Regional Hospital, 1959-1983. Board directors Northern Berkshire Young Men’s Christian Association, 1960-1982, president, 1970-1972.
Member advisory board Salvation Army, North Adams, 1968-1983. Member American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants. Lodges: Masons (North Adams).
Married Virginia Boocock, May 28, 1949. Children– Barbara Ann Armitage Chidsey, James Robert, David Allen.