Background
Galkin, Robert Theodore was born on September 18, 1926 in Providence. Son of Athur Sherman and Shirley (Mann) Galkin.
Galkin, Robert Theodore was born on September 18, 1926 in Providence. Son of Athur Sherman and Shirley (Mann) Galkin.
Bachelor, Brown University, 1949. Postgraduate, Oxford University, 1950.
Sales manager, Natco Products Corporation, West Warwick, Rhode Island, 1949-1960; vice president, Natco Products, West Warwick, 1960-1975; president, Natco Products, West Warwick, 1975-1994; Chairman of the Board, since 1994; president, Natco Home Fashions, since 1994; president, Norwood Development Corporation, since 1965; president, Valley Industries, since 1970; president, Valley Hydro, since 1984; president, Arctic Development, since 1965; president, New England Warehouse Company, since 1984; president, Non-Player Character South, Dalton and Chatsworth, Georgia, 1985. Active development of low power hydroelectric in Rhode Island, leader in recyclingindustry, Rhode Island, Georgia, since 1975.
City council Good Government Candidate, Cranston, 1956. Member advisory board Bryant College Institute Family Enterprise. With United States Navy, 1944-1945.
Member Naval War College Association, Ledgemont Country Club, Goat Island Yacht Club, Brown Club, Rhode Island Commodores., President's Circuit Brown University, University Club.
Married Wini Blacher, November 2, 1952. Children: Ellen Lee Kenner, Jane S. Litner, Debra L. Krim.