Background
Sams, Robert Shields was born on April 16, 1905 in Atlanta. Son of Richard Fuller and Elizabeth (Jones) Sams.
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Robert Shields Sams
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Bachelor of Science, Princeton, 1925. Bachelor of Arts Jurisprudence, University of Oxford, 1927.
Career
Admitted to Georgia bar, 1928, practiced in Atlanta. Associate Troutman & Troutman, 1928-1930, Colquitt, Parker, Troutman & Arkwright, 1930-1935, Colquitt, MacDougald, Troutman & Arkwright, 1935-1937. Partner MacDougald, Troutman & Arkwright, 1937-1947, MacDougald, Troutman, Sams & Branch, 1947-1949, MacDougald, Troutman, Sams & Schroder, 1949-1953, now Troutman, Sams, Schroder & Lockerman.
Honorary Belgium consul, Atlanta, 1949-1959.
Director Munich American Reassurance Company, National Bank of Georgia. Former vice chairman planning division Metropolitan Atlanta Community Services, Incorporated.
Achievements
Membership
Member American, Georgia, Atlanta bar associations, Princeton Alumni Association Georgia, English-speaking Union (chairman Atlanta branch), Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho. Clubs: Piedmont Driving, Capital City, Commerce, Lawyers (Atlanta).
Connections
Married Mary Blair Armstrong, October 15, 1930. Children: Robert South., Mary Blair (Mistress Richard Edelman).
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Died
December 13, 1969 (aged 64) -
Resting place
Buried Westview Cemetery, Atlanta Georgia. -
Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian