Background
Kilborne, Robert Stewart was born on August 1, 1905 in New York City. Son of Robert Stewart and Katharine (Skinner) Kilborne.
Kilborne, Robert Stewart was born on August 1, 1905 in New York City. Son of Robert Stewart and Katharine (Skinner) Kilborne.
Graduate, Groton (Massachusetts) School, 1923. Graduate, Yale University, 1925.
With William Skinner & Sons (Massachusetts Common Law Trust), New York City, 1925. President Truhu Fabrics Corporation (subsidiary), 1933. Vice president William Skinner & Sons, 1941, trustee, 1945—1961, president, 1947—1961.
Commissioner conservation New York State Conservation Department, 1966—1970. Special assistant to governor conservation affairs New York, 1970—1975. Member industry advisory committee OPA, Washington, 1943—1946, OPS, Washington, 1951—1953.
Member advisory committee research & development branch military planning division Office Question Manager General, 1943—1949. Synthetic branch board woven fabrics division Question Manager Association, 1951—1961. Chairman Saratoga Springs Commission, 1966—1972.
Alternate to governor New York State Delaware River Basin Commission, 1966—1972. Member board Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 1966—1972, Great Lakes Commission, 1966—1975, Hudson River Valley Commission, 1966—1977. Commissioner New York State Taconic Park Commission, 1963—1976.
Temporary study commission future Adirondacks, 1970—1971. Member Bedford Historic Review Commission, 1972—1978. Trustee Arthur Butler Memorial Sanctuary, 1967—1978.
Board directors Union Theological Seminary, 1950—1966, Equitable Life Assurance Society United States, 1946—1977, Humane Society South Coastal Georgia, 1978—1983, Sea Island (Georgia) Property Owners Association, 1978—1981, vice president, 1979, president, 1980—1981.
Member industry advising committee Office of Price Administration, Washington, 1943-1946, Office of Personnel Services, 1951-1953. Member advising committee research & development branch military planning division Office Question Manager General, Washington 1943-1949, synthetic branch broad woven fabrics div.Q.M. Association, Washington, 1951-1961. Member board Saratoga Performing Arts Center, 1966-1972, Great Lakes Commission, 1966-1975, Hudson River Valley Commission, 1966-1977.
Member Bedford Historic Review Commission, 1972-1978.
Member American Cotton Manufacturers Institute, Incorporated. (director 1958-1962), National Federation.Textiles, Incorporated.
(director 1949-1958, president 1954-1955), American Arbitration Association, American Textile Manufacturers Institute (honorary director since 1962), Map International (advising committee), Society Mayflower Descendants, New England Society of New York, National Aeronautical. Association, Coastal Georgia History Society, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Clubs: Wings.
Married Barbara Briggs, November 28, 1925 (deceased. Married second, Jane Lowes Houk, May 2, 1969. Children: Belle (Mistress Richard South. Taylor), Robert Stewart III (deceased), George Briggs.