Background
Bushnell, Robert T. was born on July 9, 1896 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Robert Stowe and Mary Rockland (Tyng) Bushnell.
Bushnell, Robert T. was born on July 9, 1896 in New York, New York, United States. Son of Robert Stowe and Mary Rockland (Tyng) Bushnell.
Preparatory education Phillips Andover Academy, 1912-1915. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard University, 1919. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard Law School, 1921.
Admitted to Massachusetts bar, 1921. Assistant district attorney, Middlesex County, 1923-1927, district attorney, 1927-1931. Private practice of law, specializing in trial of cases, 1931-1941.
Attorney general of Massachusetts, 1941-1945.
Served as private, sergeant and Second lieutenant, United States Infantry, World War. Member American, Massachusetts, Boston and Middlesex bar associations, Massachusetts Law Society. Member Union Church of Waban, Massachusetts.
Mason, Odd.
Club: Harvard.
Married Sylvia P. Folsom, June 30, 1924. Children: Frederic Folsom, Priscilla Alden.