Background
Montgomery, Robert Hiester was born on September 21, 1872 in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas and Annie (Kline) Montgomery.
Montgomery, Robert Hiester was born on September 21, 1872 in Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas and Annie (Kline) Montgomery.
Education public and night schools. Doctor of Laws, Dickinson College.
Partner in firm of Heins, Whelen, Lybrand & Company, accountants, 1896-1897, Lybrapd, Ross Brothers & Montgomery, since 1898. Admitted to bar, Philadelphia, 1900, New York, 1904. Instructor economics, School of Business, Columbia, 1912-1914, assistant professor accounting, 1914-1919, professor and member administrative board, 1919-1931.
Served as private Light Battery A, Philadelphia Light Artillery, Pennsylvania Volumes, Spanish-American War, including Porto Rican campaign, 1898. Member National Guard Pennsylvania, 1898-1902. Served as director research and planning under National Rifle Association. Founder and director Fairchild Tropical Garden, Coconut Grove, Florida.
Member Association Bar City of New York, New York State Bar Association, American Bar Association, National Tax Association, American Institute Accountants (president 1935-1937).
Mason.; Clubs: Union League, Uptown, Round Hill, Greenwich Country.
Married Elizabeth Adams Shaw, November 5, 1904. Married second, Lois Cate Gibb, January 6, 1928. Children: Robert Shaw (deceased), Arthur, Elizabeth.