Background
Butcher, Robert Kimberlin was born on February 9, 1910 in Harrodsburg, Indiana, United States. Son of Ralph Emerson and Harriet (Kimberlin) Butcher.
Butcher, Robert Kimberlin was born on February 9, 1910 in Harrodsburg, Indiana, United States. Son of Ralph Emerson and Harriet (Kimberlin) Butcher.
Student, Oklahoma State University, 1927-1929.
Reporter, editor, Muskogee (Oklahoma) Daily Phoenix, 1929-1938; city editor, Shreveport (Louisiana) Times, 1938-1950; correspondent, various newspapers, Washington, 1950-1951; president, Robert K. Butcher & Associations, Shreveport, since 1952. Consultant United States State Department, Washington, 1951.
Member advisory council Louisiana State University Center for Energy Studies, Baton Rouge. Active Ark-La-Tex Agricultural Council. Former chairman Northwest Louisiana Region 7 Council on Alcoholism.
Member State Advisory Council, 1973-1978. Chairman Caddo-Bossier Council on Alcoholism, 1968. Senior warden Holy Cross Episcopalian Church, Shreveport, 1964.
Founding member North Louisiana History Society. Member Louisiana Oil Marketers Association (executive vice president since 1986), Eastern Kansas Oil & Gas Association, Louisiana Press Association, Shreveport Chamber of Commerce, National Press Club, OX-5 Club, Shreveport Club, Shreveport Country Club, Shreveport Petroleum Club, Tarshar Society Club.
Married Joanna Van Smith, May 10, 1935. Children: Phillip H., John K.