Background
Potter, Robert Sturgis was born on April 28, 1920 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Robert S. and Dorothy (Tweedy) Potter.
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Robert Sturgis Potter
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AB, Harvard University, 1942. Bachelor of Laws, University Virginia, 1948. Doctor Canon Law (honorary), Yale University.
Career
Partner firm, Emmet, Marvin & Marvin, New York City, 1948-1951, 53-62; with, Psychological Strategy Board, Washington, 1951-1953; partner firm, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York City, from 1962; then secretary, director, Dow Jones & Company, Inc., New York City director, Fiduciary Trust Company.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Community Service Society New York, 1965-1979, Community Council Greater New York, from 1970, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund, from 1974, Episcopal Theological School, 1971-1975, Investor Responsibility Research Center, 1972-1980. Chancellor Episcopal Diocese New York, 1972-1976. With United States Naval Reserve, 1942-1945.
Member Century, River clubs.
Connections
Married Isabel Doolittle Russell, November 1944. Children: Louise Ross, Isabel Aldrich, Lorna Potter Walker, Linda Potter-Shriver, Robert Sturgis Junior.
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Nationality
American -
Religion
Episcopalian -
Political Party
Republican