He was a member of the Little Rock Athletic Association (Boathouse); plantation owner, developed soybeans as an Arkansas crop, promulgator of registered seeds; chairman of the State Plant Board; director of First National Bank of Little Rock and Federal Reserve Bank at St. Louis; board member of the Rose City Cotton Oil Mill; and member of Plum Bayou Levee Board.
"I am a jovial heart; although my mind can take the serious, anxious mood of thought." (Robert's senior quote from the 1920 Little Rock High School yearbook)
Also, in the 1920 Little Rock High School yearbook class prophecy it was predicted that Robert would become a prosperous farmer with the ability to make two bushels of corn grow where only one had grown before.
Robert was appointed by Governor Benjamin T. Laney in 1947 to be the Cotton Representative and Chairman of the Arkansas State Plant Board. He served in that capacity until 1949.
He was a member of the Little Rock Athletic Association (Boathouse); plantation owner, developed soybeans as an Arkansas crop, promulgator of registered seeds; chairman of the State Plant Board; director of First National Bank of Little Rock and Federal Reserve Bank at St. Louis; board member of the Rose City Cotton Oil Mill; and member of Plum Bayou Levee Board.
"I am a jovial heart; although my mind can take the serious, anxious mood of thought." (Robert's senior quote from the 1920 Little Rock High School yearbook)
Also, in the 1920 Little Rock High School yearbook class prophecy it was predicted that Robert would become a prosperous farmer with the ability to make two bushels of corn grow where only one had grown before.
Robert was appointed by Governor Benjamin T. Laney in 1947 to be the Cotton Representative and Chairman of the Arkansas State Plant Board. He served in that capacity until 1949.
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