Background
Garvin, Robert Edward was born on September 16, 1928 in Harmony, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Delmont Milton and Ruth Rosetta (Stauffer) Garvin.
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Garvin, Robert Edward was born on September 16, 1928 in Harmony, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Delmont Milton and Ruth Rosetta (Stauffer) Garvin.
Bachelor, Muskingum College, 1950. Postgraduate, University Florida, 1951.
Statistician, Koppers Company Inc., Pittsburgh, 1951-1952; marketing research analyst, Koppers Company Inc., Pittsburgh, 1952-1961; international marketing analyst, Koppers Company Inc., Pittsburgh, 1961-1967; investment and growth planning analyst, Koppers Company Inc., Pittsburgh, 1967-1968; senior international marketing analyst, Koppers Company Inc., Pittsburgh, 1968-1981; chief economist, Koppers Company Inc., Pittsburgh, 1971-1986; manager marketing and economics analysis, Koppers Company Inc., Pittsburgh, 1986-1988; finance planner, Koppers Company Inc., Pittsburgh, 1988-1993; retired, Koppers Company Inc., Pittsburgh, 1993. Board directors economics Club Pittsburgh, 1986-1989. Member panel Economists Roundtable, Federal Reserve Bank, Cleveland, 1971-1988.
Member Historic Harmony, since 1967, president, 1967-1969. Chairman Harmony Planning Commission, 1969-1971. Treasurer American Civil Liberties Union, Pittsburgh, 1970-1974.
Member National Ecoomists Club, National Association Business Economists, American Waterworks Association, Zelienople (Pennsylvania) Mutual Investment Club (investment officer 1957-1962, president 1962-1965), Pittsburgh Jazz Society.
Married Dolores Helen Toth, March 30, 1951 (divorced 1975). Children: Mark Douglas, Valerie Lynn, Eric Bruce, Jeffrey Jay.