Background
Blackford, Robert Newton was born on February 5, 1937 in Cincinnati. Son of Robert Criley and Virginia Pendleton (Yowell) Blackford.
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Robert Newton Blackford
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Bachelor of Business Administration, U. Florida, 1960; Juris Doctor, Emory University, 1968.
Career
Member, director, Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, P.A., Orlando, Florida, 1972-1998; secretary, treasurer, Maguire, Voorhis & Wells, P.A., Orlando, Florida, 1972-1995; partner, Holland & Knight LLP, Orlando, since 1998. Director Hughes Supply, Inc., Orlando, since 1970, secretary, 1972-1996, assistant secretary, 1996-1998. Director, secretary Princeton Finance Corporation, 1987-1994.
Achievements
Membership
Member Orlando Municipal Planning Board, 1969-1975, Orlando Downtown Development Board, 1972-1977, chairman, 1975-1977, board directors Crime Commission, Inc., 1985-1988. Member Orange County's Refuse Disposal Citizens Coordination Committee, 1988-1990, Orange County Solid Waste Advisory Board, 1992-1996. Member neighborhood concerns committee Orlando Naval Training Center Base Closing Commission, 1994-1996.
Trustee Chelsey G. Magruder Foundation, Inc., since 1981, president, 1982-1985, 92-94, secretary, since 1998. Trustee Orlando Museum Art, 1980-1982, 85-91, president 1985-1986, Chairman of the Board, 1986-1987, vice president 1989-1991. Ruling elder First Presbyterian Church, Orlando, since 1989, teacher, since 1970.
Member American Bar Association, Florida Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, Orange County Bar Association, Orlando Area Chamber of Commerce (president 1980, Chairman, Board Of Directors 1981), Orange County History Society (board directors 1980-1983), Country Club Orlando (board directors 1994-1997, secretary 1994-1996).
Connections
Married Margaret Ann Williams, July 22, 1961. Children: William Pendleton, John Whitner.
