Background
Ripley, Robert Leroy was born on December 25, 1893 in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Son of Isaac Davis and Lily Belle (Yocka) Ripley.
artist author (Believe-lieutenant-Or Not)
Ripley, Robert Leroy was born on December 25, 1893 in Santa Rosa, California, United States. Son of Isaac Davis and Lily Belle (Yocka) Ripley.
Education high school, Santa Rosa, California. Honorary Master of Arts, Dartmouth College, 1939. Doctor of Letters, Missouri Valley College, Marshall, Missouri, 1939.
Doctor of Oratory, Staley College of the Spoken Word, Boston, Massachusetts, 1940.
Unmarried.
Began as sports cartoonist with San Francisco Bulletin. 1909; cartoonist with New York Evening Globe, 1913-1927. Creator of “Believe lieutenant or Not” cartoons, 1918, now syndicated to many newspapers of the United States, Europe.
Asia and Australia.
President Beieve lieutenant or Not, Incorporated. Featured in talking pictures and radio broadcasts.
Fellow Royal Geography Society (London). American Geography Society. Member Museum Natural History.
Clubs: Adventurers, Explorers, Lotos, Circumnavigators, New York Athletic (New York).