Background
Metcalf, Robert Gerald was born on May 22, 1937 in Mount Vernon, Illinois, United States. Son of Gerald B. and Ruth M. (Akins) Metcalf.
Asphalt paving company executive
Metcalf, Robert Gerald was born on May 22, 1937 in Mount Vernon, Illinois, United States. Son of Gerald B. and Ruth M. (Akins) Metcalf.
Bachelor of Business Administration, Tulane University, 1959; Master of Business Administration, Northwestern University, 1960.
Product manager, Miles laboratories, Elkhart, Indiana, 1963-1966; account executive, Leo Burnett Company, Chicago, 1967-1971; president, JAX Asphalt Company, Mount Vernon, since 1971. Board directors Boatmen's Bank Mount Vernon.
Board of directors Jefferson County Young Men’s Christian Association, Mount Vernon, 1974-1989, C.E. Brehm Memorial Library., Mount Vernon, since 1987. Trustee Mount Vernon-Oakwood Cemetery, since 1982. Counselor Mitchell Museum, since 1987.
Member Ducks Unlimited (president Mount Vernon 1979).
Married Holly F. Fuller (divorced 1972). 1 child, Scott G.; married C. Sue Metcalf, March 20, 1982.