Background
Gelder, Robert Van was born on October 19, 1904 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Peter and Alice LeMaitre (Harlan) van Gelder.
Gelder, Robert Van was born on October 19, 1904 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Son of Peter and Alice LeMaitre (Harlan) van Gelder.
Graduate, Columbia University School of Journalism, 1928.
1 stepson, John Lampe. Reporter, New Haven (Connecticut) Times-Leader, 1921-1922. New Haven Register, 1922-1923.
Copywriter, Wilson H. Lee Advertising Company, 1923-1924.
Reporter, New Haven Journal-Courier, 1924-1926. Became reporter, New York Times, 1928, editor, The New York Times Book Review, 1943-1946.
Club: PEN
Married Dorothy Scarborough Lampe, August, 1935.