Background
Royer, Robert Lewis was born on January 2, 1928 in Louisville. Son of Carl Brown and Martha Helen (Garrett) Royer.
Royer, Robert Lewis was born on January 2, 1928 in Louisville. Son of Carl Brown and Martha Helen (Garrett) Royer.
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, 1949.
With, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, 1949-1991;
assistant vice president operations, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, 1962-1963;
assistant vice president, assistant general superintendent, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, 1963-1964;
vice president, general superintendent, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, 1964-1969;
vice president operations, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, 1969-1978;
executive vice president, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, 1978;
president, chief Executive officer, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, 1978-1989;
chairman, 1989-1991;
director, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, 1972-1991;
chairman emeritus, Louisville Gas and Electric Company, since 1991;
director, LG8E Energy Corporation, 1990-1991. Member Executive Board East Center Area Reliability Council, 1978-1989. Member Kentucky Energy Resources Commission, 1975-1979.
Member energy task force Governor's Economics Development Commission, 1976-1979. Member Kentucky Energy Research Board, 1978-1988. Vice president Indiana-Kentucky Electric Corporation, 1979-1989.
Director Ohio Valley Transmission Corporation, 1978-1990, Ohio Valley Electric Corporation, 1979-1989, Citizens Fidelity Corporation & Citizens Fidelity Bank and Trust Company, 1976-1990.
Member executive board Old Kentucky Home Council Boy Scouts American, vice president district operations, 1970-1975, 79-80, 1st vice president, 1981-1982, president, 1982-1984, commissioner, 1975-1979, representative to national council, 1975-1984, 95—, member regional board, since 1985, Southeast region area president, 1988-1993, NESA national committee, since 2003. Board directors East End Boys Club, 1975-1978, Louisville Industrial Foundation, 1980-1986, Kentucky Council of Scientific and Technology, 1987-1992. Trustee Spirit of Louisville Foundation, 1978-1990, J. Graham, Brown Foundation, since 1980.
Board managers Rose Hulman Institute of Technology, since 1979. Board directors Kentucky Derby Museum, 1991-1993, Leadership Louisville Foundation, 1985-1991, Alliant Health Systems, 1989-1994. Member Louisville Development Committee, 1979-1983.
Served with United States Army, 1953-1955. Member Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, American Radio and Relay League, Executives Club Louisville (director 1980-1983), Louisville Automobile Club (director 1974-1996, treasurer 1977-1979, vice president 1979-1981, president 1981-1983, national advisory council 1982-1986), Louisville Area Chamber of Commerce (director 1978-1980), Hurstbourne Country Club, Pendennis Club, National Eagle Scout Association (national committee 2003^), Rotary.
Married Carol Jean Pierce, June 24, 1950. Children: Jenifer Lea, Todd Pierce, Robert Douglas.