Background
Franklin, Robert Vernon was born on January 6, 1926 in Toledo. Son of Robert V. Senior and Josephine (Beard) Franklin.
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Robert Vernon Franklin
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Bachelor, Morehouse College, 1947; Juris Doctor, U. Toledo, 1950; Doctor of Laws (honorary), Morehouse College, 1980.
Career
Prosecuting attorney, City of Toledo, 1953-1958; 2d assistant law director, City of Toledo, 1959-1960; judge, Toledo Municipal Court, 1960-1968; judge, Lucas County Common Pleas Court, Toledo, 1969-1986; retired judge, Ohio Supreme Court, 1986.
Achievements
Membership
Board trustees St. Luke's Hospital, Toledo, 1964-1976, Morehouse College, Atlanta, since 1980, U. Toledo Alumni Foundation, Toledo Cmty. Foundation, U. Toledo, trustee, 1988-1997. Chairman of the board of trustees The Boule Foundation, national president.
President Ohio Conference National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Brs., 1958-1959, Scholarship Fund, Inc., Toledo, since 1980. Board directors Toledo Museum Art. Sergeant United States Army, 1950-1952, Korea.
Member American Bar Association, Ohio State Bar Association, Toledo Bar Association, American Judicature Society, Ohio Common Pleas Judges Association (president 1982), Toledo Chamber of Commerce (namedone of Outstanding Young Men of America 1960), U. Toledo Alumni Association (recipient Gold T award 1982), Toledo Automobile Club (president), Sigma PiPhi.
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Married Kathryn Jane Harris, August 3, 1952. Children: Jeffery, Gary.
