Robert Holbrook Hopkins

Background

Hopkins, Robert Holbrook was born on March 22, 1902 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Frederick Sylvanus and Etta (Holbrook) Hopkins.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1922, Bachelor of Laws, 1925.

Career

Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1926, since practiced in Boston. Partner Gaston, Snow, Motley & Holt, and predecessors, 1945-1968. Assistant Corporate Counsel City Boston, 1938-1942, Corporate Counsel, 1942-1943.

Counsel industrial Readjustment branch Office Procurement and Material Navy Department, Washington, 1943-1944. Counsel Navy Compensation Board, 1944. Trustee, board of managers, member Executive Committee Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.

Membership

Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American, Massachusetts (past vice president), Boston (past. Clubs: Harvard, Saint Botolph, Union Boat, Badminton and Tennis (Boston).

Connections

Married Margaret Hitchcock Sims, September 7, 1929. Children: Anne Sims, Stephen.

Father:

Frederick Sylvanus Hopkins

Mother:

Etta (Holbrook) Hopkins

Spouse:

Margaret Hitchcock Sims

child:

Anne Sims Hopkins

child:

Stephen Hopkins