Background
Upon the death of his father-in-law, Alfred Barmore, he became president of Knickerbocker Ice Company — the largest ice company in the country.
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Robert Maclay
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He engaged in real estate and banking in New York City and was appointed to various posts having to do with urban development. Maclay was a Director of Bowery Savings Bank and a trustee of the Northern Dispensary. From 1891 until his death in 1898, he served as Chairman of the Building Commission for the New York City Board of Education.
He presided as Chairman of the Building Commission when the American architect Charles B. J. Snyder was elected Superintendent of School Buildings in 1891.
Maclay was a graduate of Judson College, Mount Palatine, Illinois. He was a trustee of the Madison Avenue Baptist Church and The Manhattan Club and was one of the incorporators of the New York Botanical Garden.
Robert Maclay was born in New York City June 11, 1834, to the marriage of Robert Haldane Maclay, Doctor of Medicine, and Eliza Maclay (née Labatut). Robert and Georgiana had two children:
Alfred Barmore Maclay (1871–1944), the namesake of the Alfred B. Maclay Gardens State Park in Florida.
Robert Maclay (b 1877)
Robert Maclay died in Elberon, New Jersey July 28, 1898.
Membership
On April 14, 1892, Maclay was appointed as member of the Rapid Transit Commission. He was a member of New York Historical Society, the New York Athletic Club, the Metropolitan Club, the Grolier Club, the Downtown Association, the Brown Society of Glasgow, and the Advisory Committee of New York University.
