Background
Rivinus, Francis Markoe was born on August 19, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis and Lillian (Megary) Rivinus.
Rivinus, Francis Markoe was born on August 19, 1915 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Francis and Lillian (Megary) Rivinus.
Graduate, Noble and Greenough School, 1933; student, Heidelberg College, Germany, 1933; AB, Harvard University, 1938.
Clerk, agent, Pennsylvania R.R., Pennsylvania Mutual Life Insurance Company, 1938; president, Smith Kline * French laboratories, Philadelphia, 1938-1968; vice president, president international division, Chesbrough-Ponds, 1968-1969; president, International House Philadelphia, 1970; president, Schuylkill Valley Nature Center, Philadelphia, 1983, 78; director, Girard Company, Girard Trust Bank, Philadelphia, 1973-1978; development officer, Philadelphia Zoological Society, 1973, 78.
Commander United States Naval Reserve. Member Order British Empire, Indiana Hall Association (director), Harvard Club (Philadelphia).
Married Anne Hutchins, June 25, 1938. Children: Timothy, Sarah Lowndes, Susanna, Judith, Mark, Mary.