Background
Lea, Robert Wentworth was born on January 18, 1886 in Woodville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Wentworth and Jennie (Stiles) Lea.
Lea, Robert Wentworth was born on January 18, 1886 in Woodville, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Wentworth and Jennie (Stiles) Lea.
Student Hillside Preparatory School, Hillside, Wisconsin, 1899-1903. Bachelor of Arts, University of Wisconsin, 1907.
Began career at Otis Elevator Company, Moline, Quincy, Chicago, 1907-1911. Vice president Moline Plow Company, 1911-1917. Vice-president and general manager, Stephens Motor Carolina Company, Freeport, Illinois, 1919-1924.
President and general manager, Moline (Illinois) Implement Company, 1924-1929.
President and general manager, Lea Fabrics, Incorporated., Newark, New Jersey, 1929-1930. With Continental Illinois National Bank & Trust Company, Chicago, Illinois, 1931-1933.
Became assistant administrator National Rifle Association, Washington, District of Columbia, 1933. President and general manager, Hammond Lumber Company, Hammond Shipping Company, and Hammond & Little River Redwood Company, (San Francisco), 1934-1936.
President and general manager, West Virginia Coal & Coke Corporation, The Ohio River Company, and Junior Mercantile Company (Cincinnati), 1937-1939.
Vice president for finance Johns-Manville Corporation, 1939-1946, president 1946-1951, director, since 1940. Member board managers, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company (New York City). Vice-president, director Olin Industries, Incorporated., 1951-1954, Olin Mathieson Chemical Corporation, since 1954.
Director Curtiss-Wright Corporation, Universal Pictures Company, Incorporated.
Colonel, Army of the United States, division purchase, storage and traffic, World War I.
Member Phi Kappa Psi, Beta Gamma Sigma. Clubs: Metropolitan, Rockaway Hunting, (New York).
Married Anna R. Sircom, March 24, 1931. Children: Catherine (Mistress Allen Seiffert), Albert Lea.