Robert Ross Bassett

Background

Bassett, Robert Ross was born on June 11, 1920 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Robert Ross and Lavina (Eberts) Bassett.

Education

Bachelor of Architecture, Carnegie Mellon U., 1951.

Career

Office manager, Real Estate Maintenance, Inc., Pittsburgh, 1940-1942; draftsman, designer, Ben Hoffman, Architect, Pittsburgh, 1948-1951; draftsman, Malvaney, Naef & Overstreet, Architects, Jackson, Mississippi, 1951-1952; draftsman, designer, Raymond Birchett, Architect, Jackson, 1952-1954; vice president, designer, architect, Godfrey & Bassett, Architects, Jackson, 1954-1955; business manager, vice president, Godfrey, Bassett & Pitts, Architects, Jackson, Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1955-1960; business manager, vice president, Godfrey, Bassett, Pitts & Tuminello, Jackson, Vicksburg, 1960-1965; business manager, vice president, Godfrey, Bassett, Maisel & Tuminello, Jackson, Vicksburg, 1965-1975; business manager, vice president, Godfrey, Bassett & Kuykendall, Architects, Jackson, 1985-1990; semi-retired architect, Godfrey, Bassett, Kuykendall & Campbell, Architects, Jackson, since 1990. Participant Agri-business Seminary, Khaborovsk, Siberia, Citizens Networkfor Foreign Affairs, 1994.

Achievements

• Robert Ross Bassett has been listed as a notable architect by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Secretary Hinds County Planning Commission, Jackson, 1956-1960. Board directors West Point Plz., Inc., Jackson, since 1984, Helm Inc., Jackson, 1991-1993. Past president Leavel Woods Exchange Club, 1970, Lake Mimosa Park Association, 1989, secretary-treasurer, 1989-1991.

Fellow Jackson North Lions Club.

Connections

Married Marion Carrol Blumer, November 24, 1948. Children: Harlan Wray, Robert Ross III, David Carl.

Father:

Robert Ross Bassett

Mother:

Lavina (Eberts) Bassett

Spouse:

Marion Carrol Blumer

child:

Harlan Wray Bassett

child:

David Carl Bassett

child:

Robert Ross III Bassett