Robert Joseph Buckley

Background

Buckley, Robert Joseph was born on March 16, 1924 in New York City. Son of Thomas William and Catherine Alberta (Nolan) Buckley.

Education

Bachelor with distinction, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1950. Juris Doctor, Cornell University, 1953. Honorary Doctor of Laws, St. Anselins College, 1985.

Career

Assistant plant engineer National Cash Register Company, 1951-1952. Supervisor New York State Law Revision Commission, 1952-1953. With General Electric Company, 1953-1961, manager union relations Schenectady, 1959-1961.

With Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation, 1961-1968, general manager Standard Steel division, 1962-1968, vice president corporation, 1962-1968. Executive vice president Ingersoll Milling Machine Company, Rockford, Illinois, 1968-1970, president, 1970-1971, Allegheny International Inc., Pittsburgh, from 1971, chief executive officer, 1975-1986, chairman, 1981-1986, also director, until 1986. Director Mellon Bank, Wilkinson Match, Sword Group Ltd., Bell Telephone of Pennsylvania.

Achievements

• Robert Joseph Buckley has been listed as a noteworthy manufacturing executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Board directors Pittsburgh Symphony Society. Board directors Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, Pittsburgh Opera, Duquesne University. Trustee Childrens Hospital Pittsburgh Served with infantry Army of the United States, 1942-1946.

Member New York State Bar Association, Pennsylvania Manufacturers Association, American Ordnance Association, Transportation Association American, Machinery and Allied Products Institute, Newcomen Society Knight of Malta, Knight of Holy Sepulchre. Clubs: Duquesne (Pittsburgh) (director). Allegheny Country; 29 (New York City), Metropolitan (New York City).

Rolling Rock.

Connections

Married Polly Dee, June 18, 1948. Children: Robert Joseph, John Nolan, Peter Thomas, Clare Dee, Brian Burke, Mark Charles, Christopher Lawrence, Paul Gerard.

Father:

Thomas William Buckley

Mother:

Catherine Alberta (Nolan) Buckley

Spouse:

Polly Dee

child:

Brian Burke Buckley

child:

John Nolan Buckley

child:

Paul Gerard Buckley

child:

Peter Thomas Buckley

child:

Robert Joseph Buckley

child:

Christopher Lawrence Buckley

child:

Clare Dee Buckley

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Mark Charles Buckley