Background
Brokenburr, Robert Lee was born on November 16, 1886 in Phoebus, Virginia, United States. Son of Benjamin F. and Mary Elizabeth (Baker) Brokenburr.
Brokenburr, Robert Lee was born on November 16, 1886 in Phoebus, Virginia, United States. Son of Benjamin F. and Mary Elizabeth (Baker) Brokenburr.
Graduate Hampton Institute, 1906. Bachelor of Laws, Howard University, 1909, Doctor of Laws, 1956.
Admitted to Indiana bar, 1910, since practiced in Indianapolis. Chairman of the Board Madam C. J. Walker Manufacturing Company, since 1945. Ex-alternate United States representative United Nations General Assembly.
Director Community Surveys, Incorporated., Flanner House Homes, Incorporated.
Member Indiana state senate, 1940-1948, 52—. Director Central Indiana council Boy Scouts American.
Director metropolitan board Young Men's Christian Association, Indianapolis, 1949-1958, elected vice president 1954. Trustee Indianapolis Young Men's Christian Association, since 1957.
Director Young Men's Christian Association of Indiana, 1924, secretary, 1943-1947, 1st vice president, 1949-1958.
Delegate national council Young Men's Christian Association, 9 years Republican candidate for superior court judge Marion County, Indiana, 1958. Secretary Indiana Republican State Convention, 1958.
Member American, National, Indiana, Indianapolis bar associations. Member African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Mason (33 degree).
Married Alice J. Glover, June 28, 1911. Married second, Nettie West. Hightower, November 27, 1947.