Background
Messner, Robert Thomas was born on March 27, 1938 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas M. and Cecilia Mary (McElhinny) Messner.
Messner, Robert Thomas was born on March 27, 1938 in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Thomas M. and Cecilia Mary (McElhinny) Messner.
Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, 1960). University of Pennsylvania (Bachelor of Laws, 1963).
Admitted to the bar, 1965, Pennsylvania and United States. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania. Associate, Rose, Schmidt & Dixon, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1965-1968.
General Counsel, G.C. Murphy Company, McKeesport, Pennsylvania, 1968-1985.
Member: Board of Directors, 1980-1983. Corporate Practices Committee, 1976-1979.
Securities Law Committee, 1983-1986, American Society of Corporate Secretaries. Community Financial Resources Board, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania, 1988.
Chairman, Legal Committee, Pennsylvania Association of Savings Institutions, 1989.
Member: Allegheny County (Member, Council on Corporation, Banking and Business Law, 1982-1986), Cleveland, Pennsylvania (Chairman, Corporate Law Department Committee, 1984) and American (Member, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section) Bar Associations. American Corporate Counsel Association. Military: United States.
Army, 1963-1965 (Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary).
Member Point State Park planning committee City of Pittsburgh. Republican candidate Pennsylvania Legislation, 1966. Member Mayor's Committee on Fort Duquesne, Pittsburgh.
Board directors McKeesport Young Men’s Christian Association, Downtown Pittsburgh Young Men’s Christian Association, Braddock's Field History Society, since 1994, Mon-Yough Heritage Foundation, since 2003. Member advisory board Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, 1968—1969. Member American Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Association (chairman corporation law department committee), Allegheny County Bar Association (council on corporation, banking and business law), American Society Corporation Secretaries (president Pittsburgh regional group, director), American Management Association, Pennsylvania Association Savings Institutions (chairman legal committee since 1989), American Corporation Counsel Association, Braddock's Battlefield Association (board directors since 2004), Theta Delta Chi.
Clubs: Dartmouth Western Pennsylvania, Rivers.
Married Anne Margaret Lux, December 3, 1966. Children: Megan Anne, Michael Thomas.