Background
Babcock, Robert Shillingford was born on July 22, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Oliver M. and Martha (Shillingford) Babcock.
politician member of the Vermont House of Representatives
Babcock, Robert Shillingford was born on July 22, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Oliver M. and Martha (Shillingford) Babcock.
AB, U. Rochester, 1937; Bachelor, University of Oxford, England, 1939; Master of Arts, University of Oxford, 1943; Philosophy Doctor, Northwestern University, 1949; Doctor of Laws, Marlboro College, 1957.
Instructor, Black Mountain College, North Carolina, 1940-1942;
economics analyst, Treasury Department, Washington, 1942;
member, Board Economics Warfare, Washington, 1942-1943;
assistant professor political science, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1946-1954;
associate professor, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1954-1959;
professor political science, U. Vermont, Burlington, 1961-1985;
provost, president, Vermont State Colls., 1965-1985. Member Vermont Sen. 1951, 53, 57, president pro tem. 1957-1959; secretary to governor Vermont,1955.
Lieutenant governor Vermont 1959-1961.
Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Political Science Association Beta Kappa.
Married Alice-Anne Hanchett, August 20, 1940. Children: Robert Shillingford, Ann, Julie, Peter Trowbridge, Martha Rena.