Background
Barker, Robert Rankin was born on July 12, 1915 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Madison and Margaret (Rankin) Barker.
Barker, Robert Rankin was born on July 12, 1915 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Madison and Margaret (Rankin) Barker.
Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1936.
With investment and credit analysis, investment advisory departments J. P. Morgan & Company, 1936-1949. With William Master of Arts Burden & Company. New York City, 1949-1978, general partner, 1954-1978, Barker, Lee & Company, 1973.
Special assistant to assistant secretary commerce for air United States.Dept.
Commerce, 1942-1943. Past chairman advising committee endowment management Ford Foundation Past trustee American Geography Society, New Canaan Country School, president, American Farm School Thessaloniki, Greece, Silvermine Guild Artists, New Canaan Library., Museum Modern Art, Hudson Institute. Trustee American Museum Natural History, J.M.R. Barker Foundation, Atlantic Salmon Federation.
Past member board overseers Harvard University, president Officer United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Past trustee American Geography Society, New Canaan Country School, president, American Farm School Thessaloniki, Greece, Silvermine Guild Artists, New Canaan Library., Museum Modern Art, Hudson Institute. Trustee American Museum Natural History, J.M.R. Barker Foundation, Atlantic Salmon Federation. Past member board overseers Harvard University, president Officer United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946.
Member Council Foreign Relations, New York Social Security Analysts, Phi Beta Kappa, Anglers Club, University Club, Harvard Club, Brook Club, Mill Reef Club, Tabusintac, Century Club (New York City).
Married Elizabeth VanDyke Shelly, March 7, 1942. Children: James Robertson, Ann Shelly, William Benjamin, Margaret Welch.