Background
Blum, Robert Edward was born on May 8, 1899 in Brooklyn. Son of Edward C. and Florence (Abraham) Blum.
Blum, Robert Edward was born on May 8, 1899 in Brooklyn. Son of Edward C. and Florence (Abraham) Blum.
AB, Yale, 1921; Doctor of Letters (honorary), Long Island University, 1959. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Pratt Institute, 1986. Bachelor (honorary), College of the Atlantic, 1992.
Joined, Abraham and Straus, Brooklyn, 1922;
vice president, Abraham and Straus, Inc., 1930-1937, 42-64;
secretary, Abraham and Straus, Inc., 1936-1960. Former director Equitable Life Assurance Society United States, Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Church & Dwight Company, Inc. Past trustee Dime Savings Bank New York.
Honorary vice president, former president Bahamas National Trust. Member of New York State Board Social Welfare, 1954-1964. Former member Temporary New York State Commision on Education Finance.
Honorary trustee American Museum National History. Life trustee New York Zoological Society. Former trustee, vice president Brooklyn Public Library.
Former director New York World's Fair Corporation, 1964-1965. Board directors, former president American Friends of Bahamas Foundation, Inc. General chairman Prospect Park Centennial, 1966.
Member Mayor's Committee for Cultural Affairs, New York City, 1967. Vice president, director Brooklyn War Memorial, Inc. Director emeritus, past treasurer Lincoln Center Performing Arts.
Vice chairman, member Brooklyn Sports Center Authority. Member, past president Art Commission City of New York. Advisor, former member distribution committee New York Community Trust.
Member advisory board Maine Community Foundation, member executive committee. Board directors Berkshire Taconic Foundation. Life trustee College of Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine.
Trustee Church Homes Inc. Trustee emeritus Wendell Gilley Museum Second lieutenant Field Artillery, Army of the United States, World War I. Major Ordnance Department Army of the United States, World World War World War II.
Member Brooklyn Institute Arts and Sciences (president 1951-1960, trustee 1936-1972, honorary trustee since 1972, past chairman governing committee Brooklyn Museum, honorary trustee, honorary chairman advisory board), Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce (past vice president, director), Better Business Bureau New York City, Downtown Brooklyn Association (past president, director), Yale Club New York City, Century Association, Pilgrims.
Married Ethel Mildred Halsey, August 15, 1928. Children: John Robert Halsey, Alice Elizabeth Packard (Mistress Robert H. Yoakum).