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Robert B. Meyner

AKA Robert Baumle Meyner

Born: 3-Jul-1908
Birthplace: Easton, PA
Died: 27-May-1990
Location of death: Phillipsburg, NJ
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Cremated, Phillipsburg Cemetery, Phillipsburg, NJ

Gender: Male
Religion: Roman Catholic
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician
Party Affiliation: Democratic

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Governor of New Jersey, 1954-62

Military service: US Navy (Lt. Cmdr, WWII, 1943-45); US Navy Reserve

Father: Gustave Herman Meyner
Mother: Mary Sophie Baumle (until his death, d. 1997)
Wife: Helen Stevenson Meyner (US Congresswoman, m. 19-Jan-1957)

    High School: Phillipsburg High School, Phillipsburg, NJ (1926)
    University: Lafayette College, Easton, PA
    Law School: Columbia Law School (attended 1930-33)

    Governor of New Jersey (19-Jan-1954 to 16-Jan-1962)
    New Jersey State Senate (1948-51)
    Alpha Chi Rho Fraternity
    New Jersey State Bar Association 1934
    Traveled to the USSR Jul-1959
    German Ancestry
    Swiss Ancestry


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