Robert Marron Lyness

Background

Lyness, Robert Marron was born on May 21, 1924 in New Orleans. Son of Robert Fleming and Julia Josephine (Marron) Lyness.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, University California, Berkeley, 1945. Master of Science in Administration, Stanford University, 1948.

Career

Engineer, Municipal Engineers Company, San Diego, 1946-1947. Engineer Paddock Engineering Company, San Mateo, California, 1948-1949, F.W. Woolworth Company, San Francisco, 1949-1951. With Safeway Stores Inc., Oakland, California, 1951-1984, vice president, 1969-1984.

President Lyness Enterprises Ltd., from 1984. Guest lecturer construction management University California, Berkeley, Stanford University.

Achievements

• Robert Marron Lyness has been listed as a noteworthy retail food chain executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Trustee Pacific School Religion, Berkeley, since 1970. Board directors Berkeley Pilgrimage Foundation, since 1979. Member University California Berkeley Foundation, since 1979.

Served to lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1946. Member American Society of Civil Engineers. Clubs: Mira Vista Golf and Country, Berkeley Tennis.

Connections

Married Eleanor Ruth Hobart, May 20, 1950. Children: Robin Hughes, Anne Lorraine, Stephanie Elizabeth, Cynthia Hobart, Audrey Marron.

Father:

Robert Fleming Lyness

Mother:

Julia Josephine (Marron) Lyness

Spouse:

Eleanor Ruth Hobart

child:

Robin Hughes Lyness

child:

Anne Lorraine Lyness

child:

Audrey Marron Lyness

child:

Cynthia Hobart Lyness

child:

Stephanie Elizabeth Lyness