Background
Purves, Robert Ogden was born on February 15, 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alexander and Helen (Ogden) Purves.
Purves, Robert Ogden was born on February 15, 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Alexander and Helen (Ogden) Purves.
Student, Choate School (Connecticut), 1912-1915, Columbia, 1916-1917.
Financial secretary, Hampton Institute, Virginia, 1918-1928, assistant treasurer, 1929-1931, treasurer, 1932-1940, vice president, treasurer, 1940-1942, acting president, 1951-1952, now chairman of trustees. Assistant manager, assistant manager, North Atlantic area, American Red Cross, 1942-1946, manager, 1946-1949, national vice president, 1947-1949. Director field organizations
American Cancer Society, 1949-1950.
Vice president Southern Education Foundation serving field of Negro education. Member committee Youth bureau of Community Service Society, New New York
Trustee, Hampton Institute, Penn Community Services, Incorporated. (South Carolina.).
Member committee Youth bureau of Community Service Society, New New York Served United States Army, 1917-1918. Member Delta Psi.; Club: Saint Anthony (New York).
Married Marjorie Taylor, October 23, 1926. Children: Helen Ogden, Alexander.