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corporate executive

Robert Rankin Barker, American corporate executive. Member Council Foreign Rels., New York Society Security Analysts, Phi Beta Kappa.

Background

Barker, Robert Rankin was born on July 12, 1915 in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States. Son of James Madison and Margaret (Rankin) Barker.

Education

Bachelor of Arts magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1936.

Career

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.

Achievements

  • Robert Rankin Barker has been listed as a noteworthy corporate executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

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).

Connections

Married Elizabeth VanDyke Shelly, March 7, 1942. Children: James Robertson, Ann Shelly, William Benjamin, Margaret Welch.

Father:
James Madison Barker

Mother:
Margaret (Rankin) Barker

Spouse:
Elizabeth VanDyke Shelly

child:
Ann Shelly Barker

child:
James Robertson Barker

child:
Margaret Welch Barker

child:
William Benjamin Barker