Background
Whitfield, Robert Joseph was born on July 26, 1889 in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Son of Albert Hall and Isadore (Buffalo) Whitfield.
Whitfield, Robert Joseph was born on July 26, 1889 in Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Son of Albert Hall and Isadore (Buffalo) Whitfield.
Student of University Mississippi, 1907-1909, Johns Hopkins, 1909-1910, University Texas Law School, 1916-1917.
1 son, C. Brooks. Principal various high schools, 1910-1916. Vice president Federal Commerce Trust Company, Saint Louis, 1921-1927, Chase Securities Corporation-Chase National Bank, 1927-1954. President Machine Product Company, Incorporated., Aberdeen, Mississippi, from 1955.
Director American Erika Corporation, New York Herald Tribune, Incorporated.
Served as captain, infantry, United States Army, 1916-1918. Member Kappa Alpha, Phi Delta Phi.
Married Clinton Brooks, August 23, 1930.