Robert Parker Coffin

Background

Coffin, Robert Parker was born on August 6, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Charles Howells and Irene (Parker) Coffin.

Education

BEngring., Yale University, 1939.

Career

Field engineer, Commonwealth Edison, Chicago, 1939-1950; architect, Shaw Metz and Dolio, Chicago, 1950-1956; partner, Coffin, Scherschel & Shaffer, Barrington, Illinois, since 1956.

Achievements

• Robert Parker Coffin has been listed as a notable architect, engineer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President, secretary Long Grove (Illinois) School Board District 96, 1950-1956. Trustee Long Grove Village, 1956-1959, president, 1959-1981, chairman plan commission, 1981-1998,member plan commission, since 1998. Lieutenant (junior grade) United States Navy Air Corps, 1942-1946.

Member American Institute of Architects (emeritus), American Society of Civil Engineers (life), American Society Architectural Historians, Interfaith Forum on Church Architecture.

Interests

• Avocations: sailing, gardening, archeology, anthropology.

Connections

Married Emily Elizabeth Magie, January 7, 1944. Children: Betsy, Robert Junior, Barbara, John.

Father:

Charles Howells Coffin

Mother:

Irene (Parker) Coffin

Spouse:

Emily Elizabeth Magie

child:

Robert Junior Coffin

child:

John Coffin

child:

Betsy Coffin

child:

Barbara Coffin