Background
Briggs, Robert Peter was born on April 3, 1903 in Monroe, Michigan, United States. Son of Robert Douglas and Rose (Pierce) Briggs.
Briggs, Robert Peter was born on April 3, 1903 in Monroe, Michigan, United States. Son of Robert Douglas and Rose (Pierce) Briggs.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1925; Master of Business Administration, University of Michigan, 1928; Doctor of Laws, University Michigan, 1969; Doctor of Laws, Western Michigan U., 1965.
Faculty business administration, Kansas Wesleyan University, 1925-1927; instructor economics, University of Michigan, 1927-1935; assistant professor economics and accounting, University of Michigan, 1935-1940; associate professor, University of Michigan, 1940-1944; professor accounting, vice president, University of Michigan, 1945-1951; vice-president, director, Consumer Power Company, Jackson, Michigan, 1951-1952; executive vice president, director, Consumer Power Company, 1952-1968; director, Consumer Power Company, 1951-1975; assistant to president, Standard Steel Spring Company, 1944-1945; junior accountant, senior accountant, partner, Paton & Ross, Forest Engineer Ross & Company & Briggs & Icerman, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1927-1945; director, deputy chairman, chairman, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 1956-1964; director, Federal Home Loan Bank, Indianapolis, 1975-1979; member, Michigan Job Development Authority, 1977-1985. Commissioner Michigan Financial Institutions Bureau, Lansing, 1968-1973, consultant, 1973-1974. President Conference State Bank Suprs., 1972-1973.
Board regents University of Michigan, 1964-1968. Chief general office division Detroit Ordnance District War Department, 1941-1944. Member Michigan Chamber of Commerce (past president), Michigan Association Certified Public Accountants, University of Michigan Alumni Association (national president 1979-1981).
Married Maxine Corliss, December 22, 1925. Children– Ruth Terrilyn, Peter Alan.
