Background
Goldsmith, Robert Holloway was born on May 15, 1930 in Buffalo. Son of Henry Stanhope and Frances Edmere (Shickluna) Goldsmith.
manufacturing company executive
Goldsmith, Robert Holloway was born on May 15, 1930 in Buffalo. Son of Henry Stanhope and Frances Edmere (Shickluna) Goldsmith.
BME, University Buffalo, 1951. Master of Business Administration, Xavier University, 1960.
Engineer, Allied Chemical and Dye Corporation, Buffalo, 1951-1954; successively engineer, manager, general manager, vice-president and general manager aircraft engine projects, vice president strategic planning, vice-president and general manager gas turbine division, General Electric, various, 1956-1981; senior vice president aerospace and industrial, Pneumo Corporation, Boston, 1981-1982; consultant, Robert H. Goldsmith Associations, Gloucester, Massachusetts, 1982-1983; vice chairman, chief operations officer, Precision Forge Company, Oxnard, California, 1983-1984; senior vice president operations, Rohr Industries, Inc., Chula Vista, California, 1984-1988; senior vice president business operations, Rohr Industries, Inc., Chula Vista, California, 1988-1989; president, chief operating officer, Rohr Industries, Inc., Chula Vista, California, 1989-1990; chairman, Rohr Industries, Inc., Chula Vista, California, since 1989; also chief Executive officer, Rohr Industries, Inc., Chula Vista, California, since 1990; also board directors, Rohr Industries, Inc., Chula Vista, California.
Member president's council San Diego State University, since 1987. Board directors United Way, San Diego, California, since 1987. With United States Army, 1954-1956.
Married Diane Cecilia Kramer, June 27, 1957 (divorced September 1981). Children: Janeen, Daena, Maria, Lisa, Joseph. Married Catherine Helen Draper, October 3, 1981.
Stepchildren: Deborah, Lori.