Background
Tunstall, Robert Baylor was born on February 9, 1880 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Richard Baylor and Isabel Mercein (Heiser) Tunstall.
Tunstall, Robert Baylor was born on February 9, 1880 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Richard Baylor and Isabel Mercein (Heiser) Tunstall.
Bachelor of Arts, and Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 1899, Bachelor of Laws, 1902. Doctor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, 1930.
Practiced at Norfolk, Virginia, 1902-1927. Division counsel, Southern Railway Company, 1907-1924. General solicitor in charge of federal valuation, Virginian Railway, 1920-1927.
Assistant general counsel, C. & O. Railway Company (Richmond, Virginia), 1927-1935, general counsel, Cleveland, Ohio, 1935-1942, vice-president and general counsel, 1942-1943.
General counsel New York City&Saint Louis Railroad Company, 1939-1942, vice-president and general counsel, 1942-1943. Vice president Pere Marquette Railway Company, 1942-1943.
Returned to general law practice at Norfolk, Virginia, December 1943. Vice president Common council Norfolk, and chairman finance committee, 1908-1910.
Member Norfork Water Committee, 1911-1913.
Chairman Norfolk Chapter American Red Cross, 1917-1918. Enlisted in F.A.C.O.T.S., Camp Zachary Taylor, Kentucky, September 10, 1918, commissioned captain F.A.R.C., December, 1918. Trustee citation, 1948, American library association (one of two in the United States).
Trustee Norfolk Academy (ex-president).
Member Alumni Board Trustees, University of Virginia. Chairman Virginia State Library Board, 1935-1949.
Member board Norfolk Public Library, Norfolk Museum Arts and Sciences. Chairman Norfolk Tax Commission, 1946-1947.
Member American (vice president 1935-1936), Virginia State (ex-president), Norfolk and Portsmouth (ex-president) bar associations, American Law Institute (member of council), Alumni Association University of Virginia (ex-president), Delta Psi, Phi Beta Kappa, Raven Society of University of Virginia (recipient Raven award, 1940). Clubs: Colonnade, Farmington Country (University of Virginia).
Married Virginia Hunter Lyne, June 28, 1916.