Background
Bell, Robert Collins was born on September 19, 1912 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Robert Cook and Mamie Burke (Collins) Bell.
Bell, Robert Collins was born on September 19, 1912 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Robert Cook and Mamie Burke (Collins) Bell.
Bachelor of Arts Minnesota, 1933. Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1936.
Associate Fowler, Youngquist, Furber, Taney and Johnson, Minneapolis, 1936—1937. Attorney United States Wage and Hour Division-Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, 1939—1940. Chief tax amortization section War Production Board, 1940—1942.
Associate Cummings and Lockwood, Stamford, Connecticut, 1942—1952. Partner Smith Mathews, Bell and Solomon, New York City, 1952—1962. Private practice New Canaan, Connecticut, from 1962.
Prospective attorney, New Canaan, 1948—1950. Member, War department board contract appeals Office Under Secretary War, 1944—1945.
Member War Department Board Contract Appeals, Office of Under Secretary of War, 1944-1945. Member American Bar Association, Connecticut BarAssn., International Bar Association. Clubs: Harvard (New York City).
Masons.
Obtained judgments totalling over 25 million dollars on behalf of the Pottawatomi, Miami and Chippewa Indian Tribes in the United States Court Claims and United States Indian Claims Commission.
Married Mary-Katherine Morris, March 22, 1941. Children: Robert III, Marianne.
