Background
Wagner, Robert F. was born on April 20, 1910 in New York City. Son of Robert F. Wagner.
Wagner, Robert F. was born on April 20, 1910 in New York City. Son of Robert F. Wagner.
AB, Yale University, 1933. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1937. Postgraduate, Harvard School Business Administration, 1934.
Doctor of Laws, Long Island University. Doctor of Laws, Fordham University. Doctor of Laws, Brooklyn Law School.
Doctor of Laws, St. John's Law School. Doctor of Laws, others.
Worked at Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding. Admitted to the bar, 1938, New New York 1983, District of Columbia.
Awarded Doctor of Laws by: Long Island University, 1954.
Saint John"s University, 1954. Fordham University, 1957.
Brooklyn Law School, 1957. Lincoln College, 1959.
New York Law School, 1965.
Brooklyn Polytech, 1965. New York Law School, 1975. Awarded Doctor of Humane Letters by: Yeshiva University, 1962.
New York College of Podiatric Medicine, 1976.
Phi Delta Phi. Brandeis University Fellow. Awarded Honorary Doctor of Laws, The University of New York, 1982.
Member, New York State Assembly, 1937-1941. Tax Commissioner, 1946.
Commissioner of Housing and Buildings, 1946.
Chairman of the City Planning Commission, 1947-1949. Borough President, Manhattan, 1949-1953. Mayor, City of New York, 1953-1965.
First Vice President, New York Constitutional Convention, 1967.
United States. Ambassador to Spain, 1968-1969. Public Member of the Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry, 1972.
President, 1974-1978, Chairman, 1978, United Neighborhood Houses. Chairman: Judicial Nominating Committee for the First Judicial Department for Governor of New York State, 1975-1983.
Statewide Judicial Nominating Committee for Governor of New York State, 1975-1983.
Member, Statewide Nominating Committee for Justices of the Court of Appeals, 1978-1983. Personal Envoy of the President of the United States to the Vatican, 1978-1981. Vice Chairman, Portuguese of Authority of New York and New Jersey, 1977.
Member: New York State Bar Association.
The District of Columbia Bar. New York County Lawyers Association.
(Deceased).
Member, New York State Assembly, 1937-1941. Tax Commissioner, 1946. Commissioner of Housing and Buildings, 1946.
Chairman of the City Planning Commission, 1947-1949.
Borough President, Manhattan, 1949-1953. Mayor, City of New York, 1953-1965.
First Vice President, New York Constitutional Convention, 1967. United States. Ambassador to Spain, 1968-1969.
Public Member of the Joint Industry Board of the Electrical Industry, 1972.
President, 1974-1978, Chairman, 1978, United Neighborhood Houses.
Married Susan Edwards (deceased 1964). 2 sons; married Barbara Joan Cavanagh, July 1965 (divorced June 1971). Married Phyllis Fraser Cerf, January 1975.