Background
Bassett, Robert Cochem was born on March 2, 1911 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Clark Patterson and Lillian Catherine (Cochem) Bassett.
Bassett, Robert Cochem was born on March 2, 1911 in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Clark Patterson and Lillian Catherine (Cochem) Bassett.
Bachelor, University of Wisconsin, 1932; Juris Doctor, Harvard, 1935.
Partner, Minahan & Bassett, lawyers, Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1935-1946
general counsel, Wisconsin Daily Newspaper League, 1936-1943;
special counsel, Inland Daily Press Association, Chicago, 1937-1943;
labor counsel, Hearst Corporation, 1946-1954;
also director, vice president, Hearst Corporation, 1954-1956;
public, Milwaukee Sentinel, 1954-1956;
public, Sphere Magazine, 1971-1973;
president, director, Haywood Public Company of, Illinois, 1961-1963;
executive vice president, director, Haywood Public Company, 1961-1963;
vice-president, director, Haywood Tag Company, 1961-1963;
president, director, Visual Communications, Inc., 1963-1965;
chairman, president, Bassett Public Company, since 1965;
marketing director, Grant/Jacoby, Inc., 1968-1970;
executive vice president, director, editorial director, Omnibus Magazine, 1965-1967;
public, Boxboard Containers Magazine, 1961-1963;
president, Vertical Marketing, Inc., 1971-1973. Vice president Jos. Schlitz Brewing Company, Milwaukee, 1956-1961. Public member shipbuilding stablzn. committee War Production Board, 1943-1946.
Shipbuilding commission National War Labor Board, 1943. Member of national Wage Stabilization Board, 1952-1953. Industry delegate International Labor Conference, Switzerland, 1953.
Member Secretary Labor's Management Advisory Committee. Business member Pay Board, 1971-1972.
Regent University Wisconsin, 1958-1961, regent emeritus, since 1973. Trustee National Small Business Administration. Board directors Better Business Chicago, chairman public relations.
Served as lieutenant Commander United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member United States Chamber of Commerce (director), N.A.M. (director), Artus, Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, Delta Sigma Rho, Delta Upsilon, Sigma Delta Chi. Clubs: Lake Barrington Shores Golf.
Racquet (Chicago), Bob O'Link (Chicago).
Married Frances E. Whiting, February 28, 1942 (deceased January 1945). Married Mary Catherine Holmes, March 28, 1946. Children: Robert Andrew, Jane, Pamela, Karen.