Background
Barnett, M. Robert was born on October 31, 1916 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Marvin Robinson and Bessie Grace (Groves) Barnett.
Barnett, M. Robert was born on October 31, 1916 in Jacksonville, Florida, United States. Son of Marvin Robinson and Bessie Grace (Groves) Barnett.
Student, Florida School for the Blind, 1936. AB cum laude, John B. Stetson University, 1940. Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Pfeiffer College, 1958.
Doctor of Humanities (honorary), Stetson University, 1964.
Public relations, instructor in journalism, Stetson U., 1940-1942;
reporter, branch manager, Daytona Beach News Journal, 1943-1944;
rehabilitation specialist for the blind, Florida Council for the Blind, Tampa, 1944-1945;
executive director, Florida Council for the Blind, 1945-1949;
executive director, American Foundation for the Blind
executive director, American Foundation for Overseas Blind, 1949-1974;
international consultant, American Foundation for the Blind and Helen Keller International, 1975-1981. Chairman American delegate, member Executive Committee World Council Welfare of the Blind, 1951-1975. Adviser Blinded Veterans Association.
Member President's Committee on Employment of the Handicapped, Jacksonville Mayor's Commision on Goals for Handicapped, 1977-1980. Repeated and/or continuous service with special study groups, research committees concerned with social educational, economics facilities for the visually handicapped, nationwide, regional, since 1944.
Member National Rehabilitation Association, American Association Workers for the Blind, Canada Council for Blind, Pi Gamma Mu, Phi Society Clubs: Lions, Elks.
Married Sara Ellen Buttorff, November 10, 1941 (divorced). Children: Alice Sylvia, Robert Ira. Married Marian Weller, May 22, 1965.
