Background
Gast, Robert Shaeffer was born on September 27, 1879 in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. Son of Charles Edwin and Elizabeth Shelly (Shaeffer) Gast.
Gast, Robert Shaeffer was born on September 27, 1879 in Pueblo, Colorado, United States. Son of Charles Edwin and Elizabeth Shelly (Shaeffer) Gast.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1902. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia Law School, 1905.
Member Adams (Alva B.) & Gast, 1908-December, 1941, when Senator Alva B. Adams died. Chairman of the Board First National Bank, Florence, Colorado. Director Pueblo Savings & Trust Company, Ideal Cement Company Civilian aide to the adjutant general.
Member Adams (Alva B.) & Gast, 1908-December, 1941, when Senator Alva B. Adams died. Member American Bar Association (general council 1926-1927, 1931), Colorado Bar Association (president 1923-1924), Pueblo Bar Association, Association Bar City of New York, Newcomen Society of England. Trustee Fountain Valley School of Colorado.
Clubs: Pueblo Golf (Pueblo).
Married Corinne Neville Busey, May 16, 1908. Children: Elizabeth Busey (Mistress Lewis Jerroldton Powers), Charles Edwin, Robert S. Practiced in Pueblo with father until latter’s death, 1908.