Background
Huntley, Robert Edward Royall was born on June 13, 1929 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Royall) Huntley.
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Robert Edward Royall Huntley
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Education
Washington & Lee University (Bachelor of Arts, 1950. Bachelor of Laws, summa cum laude, 1957). Harvard University (Master of Laws, 1962).
Awarded: Doctor of Laws, Randolph-Macon College, 1971.
Doctor of Laws, Wake Forest University, 1971. Doctor of Letters, College of Charleston, 1976.
Doctor of Laws, Bridgewater College, 1984. Doctor of Laws, Washington & Lee University, 1984.
Phi Beta Kappa; Order of the Coif.
Omicron Delta Kappa. Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1956-1957. Assistant Professor of Law, 1958- 1964, Professor of Law, 1964-1968, Dean of the School of Law, 19671968 and Professor of Law, 1983, Washington & Lee University.
Member, State Board of Education, Virginia, 1970-1974.
President, Council of Independent College in Virginia, 1977-1979. President, Southern University Conference, 1981-1982. Spoken languages: German.
Career
Associate, Boothe, Dudley, Koontz and Boothe, Alexandria, Virginia, 1957-1958; assistant professor of law, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1958-1959; associate professor of law, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1959-1964; professor of law, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1964-1968; dean School Law, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1967-1968; president, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia, 1968-1983; president, chief operating officer, Best Products Company, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, 1984-1987; chairman, president, chief Executive officer, Best Products Company, Inc., Richmond, Virginia, 1987-1988; also board directors, Best Products Company, Inc., Richmond, Virginia counsel, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, 1988-1995. Board directors Philip Morris Companies, Inc., 360 Degrees Comm., Inc.
Achievements
Membership
Member Virginia Board Education, 1970-1974. Member Virginia Foundation for Indiana Colls., since 1968, president, 1974-1976, chairman, 1982-1983. President Council Indiana Colls. in Virginia, 1977-1978.
Trustee Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, 1981-1988, chairman of the board of trustees, 1983-1988. Member Governor's Committee on Future of Virginia, 1983-1984. Vice chairman Governor's Policy Advisory Commision on High Technology, 1984-1985.
President Southern U. Conference, 1981-1982. Staff director, consultant Governor's Task Force on Science and Technology, 1983-1984. Trustee Virginia History Society, 1984-1991, treasurer, 1988-1991.
Trustee Stonewall Jackson Foundation, since 1996. With United States Navy, 1950-1953. Member American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association, Order of Coif, Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron DeltaKappa, Phi Delta Phi, Delta Tau Delta.
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Connections
Married Evelyn Whitehurst, 1954. Children: Martha Royall Huntley Rodes, Catherine Winslow Huntley McConnel, Jane Whitehurst.
