Background
Higbie, Robert Winfield was born on March 5, 1863 in Springfield Gardens, New York, United States. Son of Alexander and Sarah Frances (Davison) Higbie.
Higbie, Robert Winfield was born on March 5, 1863 in Springfield Gardens, New York, United States. Son of Alexander and Sarah Frances (Davison) Higbie.
Bachelor of Arts, New York University, 1882, Master of Arts, 1887, Doctor of Laws, 1932. Doctor of Laws, Alfred University, 1928.
With Hanover National Bank, New York, 1882-1885. Jamaica (Long Island) Lumber & Coal Company, 1885-1888. Member Carpenter & Higbie, Jamaica, 1888-1893, Marsh & Higbie, New York, 1893-1896.
In business for self, since 1896.
President Queensboro Development Corporation, Higbie Corner. Vice president Forest Hill Estates, Jamaica Savings Bank.
President National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association, 1910-1911, Chamber Commerce Borough of Queens, New York, 1913-1915. Chairman for Borough of Queens, Roosevelt Memorial Committee.
Regent University State of New York, since 1925.
Member Mayor’s Committee on Plan and Survey, New York City, also Mayor’s Committee to Revise Teachers’ Salaries. Member of commission to investigate reforestation of New York State. Member of New York City Charter Revision Commission, 1934.
An incorporator and director of World’s Fair, New York, 1939.
Director and trustee Young Men's Christian Association, Brooklyn and Queens. Republican presidential elector, 1916.
Member Carpenter & Higbie, Jamaica, 1888-1893, Marsh & Higbie, New York, 1893-1896. Member Mayor’s Committee on Plan and Survey, New York City, also Mayor’s Committee to Revise Teachers’ Salaries. Member commn; member of New York City Charter Revision Commission
Married Anna Augusta Pearsall, September 12, 1888. Children: Hamilton Alexander, Robert Winfield.