Background
Lovett, Robert Abercrombie was born on September 14, 1895 in Huntsville, Texas, United States. Son of Robert Scott and Lavinia Chilton (Abercrombie) Lovett.
Lovett, Robert Abercrombie was born on September 14, 1895 in Huntsville, Texas, United States. Son of Robert Scott and Lavinia Chilton (Abercrombie) Lovett.
Bachelor, Yale, 1918. Master of Arts, Yale. Doctor of Laws, Yale.
Postgraduate law, Harvard, 1920. Postgraduate business administration, Harvard, 1921. Doctor of Laws, Amherst.
Doctor of Laws, Brown University. Doctor of Laws, Columbia University. Doctor of Laws, Harvard University.
Doctor of Laws, Long Island University. Doctor of Laws, Princeton University. Doctor of Laws, Sam Houston State Teachers College.
Doctor of Laws, Williams College.
Clerk, National Bank Commerce, New York City, 1921; partner, Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, 1926; resigned, Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, December 1940; readmitted, Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, 1946-1947, 49-50; general partner, Brown Brothers Harriman & Company, from 1953; special assistant to secretary war, 1940-1941; assistant secretary war for air, 1941-1945; undersecretary state, 1947-1949; deputy secretary defense, 1950-1951; secretary defense, 1951-1953.
Life member emeritus corporation Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Served as pilot, lieutenant Commander AS, United States Navy, 1917-1918. Member Century Association, Yale Club, Creek Club (Locust Valley), Metropolitan Club (Washington), Links Club (New York City).
Married Adele Quartley Brown, April 19, 1919 (deceased January 4, 1986). Children: Evelyn (deceased 1967), Robert Scott II (deceased 1984).