Background
Downer, Robert Nelson was born on July 15, 1939 in Newton, Iowa, United States. Son of Lowell William and Mabel Mary (Hannon) Downer.
Downer, Robert Nelson was born on July 15, 1939 in Newton, Iowa, United States. Son of Lowell William and Mabel Mary (Hannon) Downer.
University of Iowa (Bachelor of Arts, 1961. Juris Doctor, 1963). Phi Delta Phi. Omicron Delta Kappa. Member, Board of Trustees, Iowa City Public Library, 1971-1975.
Member, Iowa Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education, 1975-1983.
Worked at Meardon, Sueppel, Downer & Hayes The Property Letting Centre Admitted to the bar, 1963, Iowa. Phi Delta Phi; Omicron Delta Kappa.
Member, Board of Trustees, Iowa City Public Library, 1971-1975. Member, Iowa Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education, 1975-1983.
Member: Johnson County (President, 1976), Iowa State (Member, 1983-1990 and Company-Chair, 1988-1990, Committee on Probate, Property and Trust Law.
Chair, Probate and Trust Law Section, 1990-1993. Vice President, 1993-1994. President-Elect, 1994-1995.
President, 1995) and American (Member, Committee on Commercial Financial Services, Section on Business Law.
Committee on Estate and Trust Litigation. Section on Real Property, Probate and Trust Law) Bar Associations.
Fellow: American College of Trust and Estate Counsel. American Bar Foundation.
Iowa State Bar Foundation.
President Greater Iowa City Area Chamber of Commerce, 1979. Board of trustees Iowa City Public Library., 1971-1975. Chair administrative board First United Methodist Church, IowaCity, 1985-1987.
Delegate Republican National Convention, New Orleans, 1988. Member Iowa Supreme Court Commision on Continuing Legal Education, 1975-1983, Task Force on Domestic Abuse, 1993-1994. Board directors Iowa City Area Development Group, since 1993, chairman, 1996-1997.
Fellow American College Trust & Estate Counsel, American Bar Foundation, Iowa State Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Iowa State Bar Association (chair probate, property and trust law committee 1988-1990, chair probate section 1990-1993, vice president 1993-1994, president-elect 1994-1995, president 1995-1996), Johnson County Bar Association (president 1976), Rotary Club Iowa City (president 1988-1989).
Married Jane Alice Glafka, May 29, 1971. Children: Elise Michele, Andrew Nelson.