Background
Harlin, Robert Ray was born on October 4, 1932 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Wirt and Luella (Leek) Harlin.
Harlin, Robert Ray was born on October 4, 1932 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Wirt and Luella (Leek) Harlin.
Vanderbilt University (Bachelor of Arts, 1954). University of Virginia (Bachelor of Laws, 1957).
Worked at Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy. Admitted to the bar, 1957, Georgia. Phi Alpha Delta; Omicron Delta Kappa.
Member, Editorial Board, Virginia Law Review, 1956-1957.
Member, Investment Policy Advisory Committee, United States. Trade Representative, 1982-1994.
Chairman, Associated Japan America Societies in the United States, 1987-1989. Member: Atlanta (Chairman, International Transactions Section, 1975), Inter-American and International Bar Associations.
State Bar of Georgia.
Chairman board Children's Rehabilitation Center Georgia, Atlanta, 1961, trustee, since 1966. Board directors Central Atlanta Progress, Georgia division American Cancer Society, Young Men’s Christian Association of Metropolitan Atlanta. Vice chairman International Atlanta Chamber C., 1990-1993.
Member council Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, since 1977. Chairman World Trade Center, Atlanta, 1984-1986, Associate Japan-American Societies United States, 1987-1989. Member United States National Committee Pacific Economic Cooperation, since 1990.
Trustee Georgia State University Foundation, since 1994. Member executive advisory board Ivan Allen College Georgia, Institute of Technology, since 1994. Board directors Atlanta Paralympics Organizing Committee, since 1994.
Member American Bar Association, International Bar Association, Inter-American Bar Association, Georgia Bar Association, Piedmont Driving Club, Peachtree Golf Club, Golf Club of Georgia.
Married Joy Helene Owens, June 4, 1994. Children: Mary Bit Harlin Taylor, Xima Lee Harlin Hulings, Robert Ray, Abigail Long Harlin Cancelliere.