Robert Taylor Swaine

Background

Swaine, Robert Taylor was born on April 29, 1886 in Tingley, Iowa, United States. Son of Charles and Alice (Taylor) Swaine.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, State University of Iowa, 1905. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1910.

Career

1 daughter (by first marriage), Vivian Margaret (Mistress Marshall M. Holcombe). Admitted to New York bar, 1911, to Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1927. Member firm, Cravath, Swaine & Moore and its predecessors since 1917.

Director and member Executive Committee Westinghouse Electric Corporation.

Director and member trust committee Chemical Bank & Trust Company Director and member Executive Committee Philharmonic-Symphony Society of New York, Legal Aid Society, Travelers Aid Society of New New York Director and chairman of the executive committee, Visiting Nurse Service, New New York

Achievements

• Robert Taylor Swaine has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American and New York State bar association, New York County Lawyers Association, Bar City of New York, Harvard Law School Association Beta Kappa (associate), Delta Sigma Rho. Clubs: University Harvard, Broad Street, Century Association.

Connections

Married second, Elizabeth West. Stauffer, July 1929.