Background
Chambers, Robert Augustus was born on October 10, 1894 in New York City. Son of Robert and Josephine Blanche (Singer) Chambers.
Chambers, Robert Augustus was born on October 10, 1894 in New York City. Son of Robert and Josephine Blanche (Singer) Chambers.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1917. Student Magdalen College, Oxford, 1919. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1924.
Robert Augustus, Junior, John Wheeler. Admitted to New York bar, 1925. With firm of Willcox, Hunt & Swiger, New York City, 1927-1928.
Partner in firm Willcox, Swiger & Chambers (now Swiger, Chambers, Kelley & Harrigan), New York City since 1928.
Director Time, Incorporated., and various small companies Trustee and Second vice president Allen-Stevenson School of New New York Trustee Northern Westchester Hospital, Mount Kisco, New New York
Alternate delegate Republican National Convention, Kansas City, 1928. Trustee, assistant secretary and counsel, Boys’ Club of New York, Incorporated.
Treasurer Washington Square Home for Friendless Girls.
Served in Central America C. as 2d and First lieutenant, 74th Regiment Heavy Railway Artillery, United States 2d Army, World War I. Member Military Order of Foreign Wars, American Veterans Association, South.R., American Bar Association, Association Bar City of New York, Westchester County Bar assosiation, New York State Chamber of C. Mason (32°). Clubs: Church, Down Town, Metropolitan, Metropolitan Opera, Union League, University, Uptown, Yale (New York).
Married Jean Boalt Wheeler, June 28, 1928. Children: Lillian Marsh (Mistress Bohn C. Lindemann), Ridgeley White.