Background
Allen, Robert Gray was born on August 24, 1902 in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Arthur Harrison and Sally (Gray) Allen.
Allen, Robert Gray was born on August 24, 1902 in Winchester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Arthur Harrison and Sally (Gray) Allen.
Graduate Philips Academy, 1922. Student Harvard, 1926, special executive course School Business Administration, 1928.
Trainee to sales manager Walworth Company, 1925-1937. Member United States Congress, 28th District Pennsylvania, 1937-1941. President Duff-Norton Manufacturing Company, 1940-1945.
Sales manager Baldwin Locomotive Company, 1945-1946.
Vice president Great Lakes Carbon Corporation, 1947-1954. President Pesco Products division Borg-Warner Corporation, 1954-1957.
Vice president, then executive vice president Bucyrus-Erie Company, South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1957-1958, president, since 1958. Chairman of the Board Bucyrus-Erie, Limited., Gulph, Ontario, Ruston-Bucyrus Limited., Lincoln, England.
Directors First Wisconsin National Bank.
Member United States Congress, 28th District Pennsylvania, 1937-1941. Served as lieutenant colonel Army of the United States, 1942-1945.
Married Katharine Hancock Williamson, January 17, 1925. Children: Katharine Hancock (Mistress Warren A. Morton), Robert Gray, Mary Williamson.