Background
Hanes, Robert March was born on September 22, 1890 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Wesley and Anna (Hodgin) Hanes.
Hanes, Robert March was born on September 22, 1890 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. Son of John Wesley and Anna (Hodgin) Hanes.
Student Woodberry Forest School, Orange, Virginia, 1907. Bachelor of Arts, University of North Carolina, 1912, Doctor of Laws, 1945. Student Harvard University School of Business Administration, 1912-1913.
Secretary, treasurer Crystal Ice Company, Winston-Salem, 1913-1917. Vice president Wachovia Bank & Trust Company, Winston-Salem, 1920-1931, president, 1931-1956, honorary chairman, since 1956. Director Southern Railway Company, P. H. Hanes Knitting Company, Hanes Dye & Finishing Company, Security Life & Trust Company, R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, Borden Manufacturing Company, Chatham Manufacturing Company, Piedmont National Gas Company, Piedmont Public Company, Carolina Power & Light Company Chief E.C.A. Mission to Belgium and Luxembourg, 1949.
Director Economic Affairs for Western Germany, 1949-1950. Member business advisory council for secretary of commerce. Civilian aide to secretary of army.
Chairman commerce and industry division North Carolina Department Conservation and Development. President Government's Research Triangle Committee of North Carolina.
When peaceful alternatives to resolve the conflict failed, the use of force may be the only option to check aggression or genocide.
All persons need the ministry of the Church in their struggles for human fulfillment, as well as the spiritual and emotional care of a fellowship that enables reconciling relationships with God, with others, and with self.
Member North Carolina General Assembly, 1919, 1931, Senate, 1933. Trustee Morehead Foundation, U. North Carolina. Served from First lieutenant to major, artillery, United States Army, 1917-1918, Advertising Educational Foundation.
Selected as Man of Year in North Carolina by Newcomen. Member American (president), North Carolina (president) bankers associations, Chamber of Commerce (president), Association Reserve City Bankers (president), Sigma Alpha Epsilon. Clubs: Twin City, Forsyth Country, Old Town, Dunes, Rotary (president), Lint Head Shoot, Rainbow Springs, Coral Bay.
Married Mildred Borden, July 3, 1917. Children: Frank Borden, Sara Anne.