Background
Collins, Robert Emmet was born on January 24, 1913 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Lawrence Dennis and Mary Regina (Quinn) Collins.
agricultural products company executive
Collins, Robert Emmet was born on January 24, 1913 in Pasadena, California, United States. Son of Lawrence Dennis and Mary Regina (Quinn) Collins.
Student public schools, Hemet, California.
Farm worker, Riverside, California, 1932-1937. Field man Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1938-1939. Office manager Napa Company, 1940, manager Sacramento County office, 1941-1944.
Farmer, since 1945; president Sacramento County Farm Bureau, 1953-1954. Organizing director California Canned Pears Association, San Francisco, since 1953, president, 1960-1971, chairman board marketing order, 1970-1983. President Agricultural Council, California, 1963-1965.
Chairman board, founder, director Pacific Coast Producers, Santa Clara, California, 1971-1989, emeritus, 1989. Member agricultural advisory board University California, Berkeley.
Member Walnut Grove (California) School Board. Commissioner Delta district Boy Scouts American. Member National Council Farmer Coops, California Council Agricultural Cooperatives, Sacramento County Farm Bureau, California Canning Pear Association, Tri Valley Growers, California Grain Marketing Association Clubs: Rotary (president club 1956-1957, Paul Harris Fellow award Rotary International 1979).
Married Gertrude P.; children: Robert Dennis, Michael Boyd, James Patrick, Eileen Mary.