Background
Cargill, Robert Lee was born on September 11, 1934 in Marshall, Texas, United States. Son of Robert Lee and Pauline Elizabeth (Wood) Cargill.
investor Oil and gas company executive
Cargill, Robert Lee was born on September 11, 1934 in Marshall, Texas, United States. Son of Robert Lee and Pauline Elizabeth (Wood) Cargill.
Bachelor, Rice U., 1955; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960.
Research fellow, University of California, Berkeley, 1960-1962; assistant professor, then associate professor, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1962-1973; professor of chemistry, University of Southern California, Columbia, 1973-1980; vice president, R. Cargill & Company, Inc., Longview, Texas, 1980-1982; president, R. Cargill & Company, Inc., Longview, Texas, 1982-1985; managing partner, Cargill Interests, Ltd., Longview, 1982-1993; general partner, Cargill Partners, Ltd., Longview, since 1993. Adjunct professor of chemistry Rice U., Houston, 1980-1984, member visiting committee, since 1988. Member visiting committee department chemistry University Texas, Austin, since 1987.
Member, vice chairman advisory board Longview City Library., 1983-1987. Board directors East Texas Area county Boy Scouts American, 1983-1994, Greater Longview Economics Development Foundation, 1986-1993. Board directors Gregg County Appraisal District, 1989-1993,chairman, 1993.
Member American Chemical Society.
Married Linda Ann Sanders, August 29, 1965 (divorced 1976). Children: William Robert, Thomas Oscar, Ann Hope. Married Katherine Joann Parker, August, 1980 (divorced 1994).