Background
Harper, Robert Story was born on October 30, 1899 in Greenfield, Ohio, United States. Son of David Lee and Inez Pearl (Steen) Harper.
Harper, Robert Story was born on October 30, 1899 in Greenfield, Ohio, United States. Son of David Lee and Inez Pearl (Steen) Harper.
Student in public schools, Washington Court House, O.
1 son, Robert Story. Editorial staff Washington Court House Herald, 1919-1924, Columbus (O.) Dispatch, 1924-1927, New York World, 1927. Editorial staff Ohio State Journal, Columbus, 1928-1931, news editor, 1931-1936, city editor, 1936-1942, managing editor, 1942-1946, war correspondent South.W. Pacific theatre, 1944. Director public relations Ohio Sesquicentennial Commission, 1951-1954.
Commissioned to write history Ohio Sesquicentennial by Ohio History Society, 1954, public information officer, Ohio History Society, 1953-1960.
Staff executive Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, since 1960. Member Ohio Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission, 1958-1959.
Served as private, United States Army, 1918. Fellow Society of American Historians. Member of Illinois Historical Society, Manuscript Society, American Legion, Sigma Delta Chirurgical
Clubs: Overseas Press (New York City).
Married Aileen Millikan Hess, October 31, 1925.