Background
Redpath, Robert Upjohn was born on August 25, 1906 in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Doctor Robert Upjohn and Clara May (Sloneker) Redpath.
Redpath, Robert Upjohn was born on August 25, 1906 in South Orange, New Jersey, United States. Son of Doctor Robert Upjohn and Clara May (Sloneker) Redpath.
Graduate, Phillips Academy, 1924; student, University Michigan, summer 1925; Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1928; postgraduate Law School, Yale, 1928-1929; postgraduate, New School Social Research, New York University postgraduate, Columbia, American College Clubs.
With Lawyers, Mortgage Company. New York City, 1929-1933;
life underwriter, 1933-1987. Director Ohio Casualty Corporation, Hamilton, Ohio Life Insurance Company, Hamilton.
Lecturer general semantics Denver U., 1952. Teacher general semantics Adult Schools.of, South Orange-Maplewood and Montclair, New Jersey, 1954-1961.
Trustee South Orange-Maplewood (New Jersey) Adult School, 1965-1987. Chairman planning and development board Village of South Orange, 1947-1949. Trustee Institute General Semantics, 1946-1987, president of the board of trustees, 1946-1983.
Co-founder, trustee Blue Hill Foundation, 1941-1976, New Eyes for the Needy, Short Hills, New Jersey, 1969-1974. Board of managers Vocational Services branch Young Men’s Christian Association, New York City, 1944-1987. Member board pensions U.P. Church of United States of America, 1947-1962.
Trustee Phillips Academy, 1950-1952, Susquehanna U., 1960-1984, Ethel Walker School, 1952-1955, Rosemary Hall Foundation, 1960-1963, Phillips Academy. Member Million Dollar Round Table (life), National Association Life Underwriters, Yale Alumni Association (active alumni affairs, Yale medal 1968), Beta Theta Phi, Elihu.
Married Nancy Shaw Miller, June 28, 1930. Children— Robert Upjohn III, Nancy M., William M., Jean C. (Mistress Henry P. Becton, Junior).