Background
Birtley, Robert Lewis was born on December 28, 1893 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Butler and Hannah (Lewis) Birtley.
Birtley, Robert Lewis was born on December 28, 1893 in Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas Butler and Hannah (Lewis) Birtley.
Graduate Technology High School, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Surveyor, Doctorate. & H. Company, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1911-1916. President and director Hammond Coal Company, Girardville, Pennsylvania, since 1939, Kohinoor Coal Company, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, since 1941. Operators trustee, anthracite Health and Welfare Fund since 1946.
Member Producers’ Advisory Board, Anthracite Negotiating Committee.
The bread and cup during Holy Communion symbolizes the broken body and shed blood of Christ that he offered for people the same way as he did for the disciples on the eve of his crucifixion.
Member Producers’ Advisory Board, Anthracite Negotiating Committee. Served as; Member Anthracite Operators Association (president, director), American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers. Clubs: Downtown Athletic (New York).
Married Alice Rogers, July 7, 1917. Children: Robert L., Carol (Mistress Kenneth Bayliss), A. Louise.