Background
Tilley, Robert James was born on July 16, 1925 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Robert Light and Ethel Emeline (Hadden) Tilley.
Tilley, Robert James was born on July 16, 1925 in Terre Haute, Indiana, United States. Son of Robert Light and Ethel Emeline (Hadden) Tilley.
Bachelor, DePauw University, 1948; postgraduate Russian Institute, Columbia University, 1948-1949.
Project officer, United States Civil Svc., 1949-1953; with, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1953-1959; associate editor, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1957-1959; with, Columbia University Press, New York City, 1959-1980; executive editor, Columbia University Press, New York City, 1960-1962; assistant director, Columbia University Press, New York City, 1962-1971; editor-in-chief, Columbia University Press, New York City, 1971-1980; editor, University of Oxford Press, 1974-1980; member of staff world headquarters, ITT Corporation, New York City, from 1981.
Member Government Advisory Committee on International Book and Library Programs, 1972-1976. Vice president Madison Square Church House, 1966-1968, president, 1968-1970. With United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1945.
Member American Institute Biological Sciences, Princeton, Washington clubs.
Married Mary Frances Torbert, December 21, 1957.