Background
CLENK, Robert was born on July 6, 1870 in Germany. Son of Frederick and Katharine (Steinbrenner) Glenk.
director Louisiana State Museum
CLENK, Robert was born on July 6, 1870 in Germany. Son of Frederick and Katharine (Steinbrenner) Glenk.
High School; Philadelphia College, of Pharmacy and Science, Ph.C., 1891. University of Pennsylvania. Louisiana. State University, Bachelor of Science, 1899.
Chemist, Louisiana. Sugar Experiment Station, 1899-1902. Superintendent, Louisiana. State Exhibit, Pan. American Exposition, 1901.
Superintendent, South Carolina Interstate and West Indiana. Exposition, 1902. Assistant State Commissioner, Louisiana. Purchase International Exposition, 1904.
Assistant State Commnr,, Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, 1905. State Commissioner, Jamestown Tercentennial Exposition, 1907. State Commissioner, O. Valley Exposition, 1910.
State Commissioner, Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1915. Collaborator and Curator, Louisiana. State Exhibit, New Orleans, 1905.
Superintendent, Agricultural Division., Louisiana. State Fair, 1906-1918. Director, Louisiana. State Museum, since 1906.
Member, Civic Commission of New Orleans, on Historic sites, 1917. Business. Manager, Pontalba Building Trust, since 1927. Liberty Bond Drives, Municipal Kitchen Demonstrations, Americanization meetings, American Defense Society during World War.
Author of reports on History, Expositions, Natural Science, Chemistry, etc. Member: N.O. Association of Commerce. Louisiana. Historical.
Society; Louisiana. Society of Naturalists. Louisiana. Audubon Society. Louisiana. Chemical Society.
Louisiana. Entomological Society. American Chemical Society. American Pharmaceutical Association.
American Association of Museums. American Dialect Society. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
British Association of Museums. Wisconsin Archaeological Society. National. Geographical.
Society; Unitarian Church. Club: Round Table.
Spouse Clara T. Israel, May 11, 1904, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.