Background
Benson, Robert Elliott was born on June 13, 1916 in Brooklyn. Son of Philip Adolphus and Louise A. (Melville) Benson.
Benson, Robert Elliott was born on June 13, 1916 in Brooklyn. Son of Philip Adolphus and Louise A. (Melville) Benson.
Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1937. Postgraduate, Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, 1939. Master of Business Administration, Harvard, 1941.
Graduate, Program for Executives, Carnegie Institute of Technology, 1957.
Student engineer, Consolidated Edison Company New York, Inc., New York City, 1937-1939;
security analyst, City Bank Farmers Trust Company. New York City, 1940;
assistant engineer, Long Island Lighting Company, Mineola, New York, 1941-1942;
security analyst, Equitable Life Assurance Society United States, 1946;
2d vice president, Equitable Life Assurance Society United States, 1956-1960;
vice president, Equitable Life Assurance Society United States, 1960-1966;
executive assistant to president, International Tel. & Tel. Corporation, New York City, 1966;
vice president, International Tel.
& Tel. Corporation, 1967-1976;
senior consultant, White, Weld & Company Inc., New York City, 1976-1978;
vice president, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Inc., 1978-1985;
senior vice president, chief finance officer, Finacopro N.V., Curacão, Netherland Antilles and New York City, 1985-1986;
consultant, Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc., 1986-1990;
consultant corporation finance, Locust Valley, New York, since 1990. Trustee, director Dime Savings Bank of New York, 1963-1988.
President, trustee Young Women’s Christian Association Retirement Fund, 1956-1990. Trustee, vice president McAuley Water St. Mission. Trustee, mayor, police commissioner Village of Matinecock.
Vestryman, chairman finance committee St. John's of Lattingtown. Major Army of the United States, 1942-1946. Member Beaver Dam Winer Sports Club (Locust Valley), The Creek Club.
Married Elena Vittoria, June 13, 1942. Children: Elena V. Benson Ganzenmuller, Christine L. Benson Pell, Robert Elliott, William M., David Philip.