Background
Flershem, Robert Garrett was born on May 22, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Rudolph Byford Flerstem and Lucy May Garrett.
Flershem, Robert Garrett was born on May 22, 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Rudolph Byford Flerstem and Lucy May Garrett.
Bachelor, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1936. Master of Arts, University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1940.
Sales correspondent National Gypson Company, Buffalo, 1937—1938. Investigator adjuster Indeminty Insurance Company NA, Philadelphia, 1938—1941. Teaching assistant American Conyers, 1946—1947.
Invesitgator adjuster American Casualty, Philadelphia, 1948—1951. Director United States Information Agency Foreign Service Center, 1951—1960, 1969—1970, United States Information Agency Washington Research, 1961—1968. Assistant curator Philadelphia Communications Museum, 1946—1948.
Lieutenant Canada Army, 1942-1946.
Member of Association for Asian Studies, American History Society.
Married Elizabeth Flershem, September 1940 (divorced ). Children: Meredith T., Gerald B. Married Yoshiko Flershem, January 7, 1965.