Background
Mayo, Robert Porter was born on March 15, 1916 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Carl Asa and Edna Alberta (Nelson) Mayo.
Mayo, Robert Porter was born on March 15, 1916 in Seattle, Washington, United States. Son of Carl Asa and Edna Alberta (Nelson) Mayo.
AB magna cum laude, University Washington, 1937. Master of Business Administration, University Washington, 1938.
Research assistant, auditor, Washington State Tax Commission, 1938-1941; economist, United States Treasury, 1941-1947; assistant director office of technical staff, United States Treasury, 1948-1953; chief debt division analysis staff, United States Treasury, 1953-1959; assistant to secretary, Treasury Department, 1959-1960; vice president, Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Company of Chicago, 1960-1969; chairman, Boye Needle Company, 1963-1967; staff director, President Commision on Budget Concepts, 1967; director, United States bureau of Budget, 1969-1970; counsellor to, President United States, 1970; president, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 1970-1981, 81-95; retired, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Trustee Northern Trust Benchmark Funds, Goldman Sachs Funds, CNA Income Shares. Duff and Phelps Utilities Income Fund.
Trustee Young Men’s Christian Association, Chicago. Board directors Executive Svc. Corps, Chicago; Member Commercial Club Chicago, Economics Club Chicago, Perico Bay (Florida) Club, Bartlett-on-the-Greens Homeowner's Association Beta Kappa.
Married Marian Aldridge Nicholson, August 28, 1942. Children: Margaret Alice, Richard Carl, Carolyn Ruth (Mistress Gregory Brown), Robert Nelson.