Robert Bernard Glynn (1929 - 2002)

Robert Bernard Glynn, also known as Bob, is the son of Isidore Glynn, born Itzchok Glembofsky, who is the brother-in-law of Esther Reizel Levin, my 2x great aunt. Glynn family HERE

Parents: Isidore Glynn (1890 - 1935) and Frieda Hellman (1893 - 1974)

Born: 30 October 1929 in Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Robert at Harvard University in 1951, age 21

Harvard College Yearbook 1951

Occupation: Attorney (He was a founding partner of Fox, Glynn and Melamed in 1968) and Board Chairman of the Lampadia Foundation

Marriage 

Mary Eliot Jackson in 1961 in Manhattan, New York, USA. She subsequently married Alan Reeve Parker on 11 November 1965 in Dover, Massachusetts, USA and they had two children together, Hannah Jackson Parker 1968 - and Jonathan Alan Parker 1971 -

Children

• Katherine Freida Glynn 1963 -

Census

1930

The Glynn family in the 1930 census (taken on 1 April 1930) is living at 228 Central Avenue Passaic, New Jersey, USA. They own their house which is valued at $10,000. Robert's father Isidore is age 38 and a salesman in a grocery store. His mother Frieda is age 37 and the children are Muriel age 9, Eugene age 4 (both from Isidore's first wife, Tillie Scheinbaum who died on 10 March 1926) and Robert age 5 months old

1940

The family in the 1940 census are still living at 228 Central Avenue Passaic, New Jersey, USA. They own their house which is valued at $2,000. Isidore had died in October 1935. Frieda, now a widow, is age 43 and running the family grocery store and the children are Muriel age 19, Eugene age 14, and Robert age 10

1950

The family in the 1950 census are living in an apartment at 24 Grove Street, Passaic, New Jersey, USA. Frieda is listed as age 57 and the children are Muriel age 29, Eugene age 24, and Robert age 20. They also have a boarder, Ruth Caesar, a waitress, age 50. Muriel is a secretary for a woolen jobbers firm

Travel

1952

Robert is listed as travelling aboard the SS Nelly from New York to Le Havre, France on 10 June 1952. He intended to remain abroad for 3 months

1959

Robert is returning to New York from Lisbon, Portugal abord SwissAir flight 882 arriving on 15 March 1959. His address is given as 255 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Newspaper articles

1947

Robert Glynn Gets Harvard Scholarship

He and Elder Brother Pre-Medical Students; Sister London-Bound

Robert Glynn, of the June graduation class of Senior High School, Passaic, has been awarded a four-year competitive scholarship by Harvard University and will begin his pre-medical studies at Cambridge this fall.

He is the youngest of the three children of Mrs. Frieda Glynn, 328 Central Avenue, Passaic, and the late Isadore Glynn, who lost his life attempting to prevent an armed hold-up in his place of business 12 years ago.

An elder brother, Eugene Glynn, Phi Beta Kappa man and Army Medical Corps veteran, is completing his pre-medical course at New York University and will enter Bellevue Medical College this year.

His sister, Muriel Glynn, substitute teacher at Senior High School, sailed for England aboard the Ernest Pyle yesterday for a four-to-six-months trip. She will visit relatives in London and Liverpool. (The Herald-News Passaic, New Jersey · Saturday, May 31, 1947)

1954

Rotary Fellowship Student Says Reds Outsmarting U. S.

Yesterday's luncheon meeting of Passaic Rotary Club was -marked by an address by Robert B. Glynn, Rotary Foundation Fellowship student, by the presence of nine past presidents of Rotary clubs, hereabouts, and by the presentation to Dr. Clark W. McDermith, the club's newest past president, of a gold wrist watch for his services during the past year.

Honors were paid the Rev. William Doidge, president of the club many years ago when he was pastor of Passaic Congregational Church. Later he went to England, then returned to the United States nine years ago and is retired, living in Daytona Beach, Fia. He was the guest of the present pastor of his old church here, the Rev. Theodore W. Boltz. He said he planned his visit here to escape Florida's hurricanes, only to run into them here.

Other past presidents, introduced by Dr Leonard M. Matthews were William Miner, Al Hamer, and Arthur Van Winkle, of Rutherford; Fred Shephard and Edward Crystell, of Nutley; Herbert Mills and Robert Mills, of Paterson, and John C. Barbour, of Clifton.

Bob Glynn is a Passaic boy, son of Mrs. Frieda Glynn, of 39 High Street. He was graduated from Passaic High School in 1947. After. he had won his bachelor's degree in arts at Harvard, he came to the attention of the club as a student of international law and diplomatic history. He was awarded a fellowship for a year's study at the University of Geneva, Switzerland. He has now resumed post-graduated studies at Harvard. He expressed his thanks to the club for sponsoring him and talked about his experiences in Geneva, giving a first-hand account of the late disastrous international conference there on Korea and Indochina.

He said a prior conference at Berlin was staged by the Communists as a propaganda move and succeeded in sidetracking George Bidault's efforts for the defense of Europe. The Reds carried their purpose further at Geneva and were again successful. The speaker felt the Russians and Chinese had met with almost complete success in splitting France from the West and jeopardizing the Anglo-American alliance. If they ever succeed in this aim finally, the whole West will be lost, he said. He felt Secretary John Foster Dulles had played into the hands of Moscow by leaving the conference after a week and not returning. This was seized by the Communists to spread the idea that the Americans really were imperialists and "war mongers", and foes of peace.

"The Communists succeed," the speaker said, "because there is never any let-down with them. In each crisis we keep hoping it is the last. As long as we talk tough, but never act tough, backing down every time our bluff is called, we stand in peril."

Other Rotarians introduced were Theodore Moleman, of Dordrecht, Holland; Mel Murphy, Harry Funk, and Herbert Ploch of Clifton, and Edward Vreeland of Little Falls. Richard C. Ziegler, of Clifton, was the guest of Albert W. Lindholm. (The Herald-News Passaic, New Jersey · Wednesday, September 15, 1954)

Death

Robert died on 6 January 2002 agee 72 in New York City, New York, USA

Obituary

GLYNN-Robert B. Of Manhattan, died on January 6, 2002, after a short illness. Born in 1929 in Passaic, NJ, he was graduated from Harvard College in 1951, and from Harvard Law School in 1956. He was a founding partner of Becker, Glynn, Melamed & Muffly LLP, and Chairman of the Lampadia Foundation, a private foundation devoted to promoting education, culture and social work in Argentina, Brazil and Chile. Bob was a member of the Harvard Club and The Century Association. Much loved, he will be missed by a worldwide circle of friends and family who will always remember his thoughtful generosity, unshakeable loyalty, and never-failing wit. He is survived by his daughter Katherine, of Boston; his step-daughter Hannah Parker, of Brookline, Massachusetts; his step-son Jonathan Parker, of Heartland, Vermont; and their mother Mary E. Jackson. He also leaves his beloved companion Savannah; his sister Muriel Glynn Newman, of Philadelphia; and his brother Dr. Eugene Glynn, of Ridgefield, Connecticut. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to the Commentary Fund or any fund promoting classical music. A small funeral service will be held on Tuesday, January 8, at 5 PM, at Frank E. Campbell Chapel, 1076 Madison Avenue at 81st St, and a larger memorial service will be held at a later date.

GLYNN-Robert. His many friends at the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation mourn the passing of an engaging man whose intelligence and high spirits impressed all of us who spent time with him. His commitment to the life of the mind was extraordinary, and the generous support the Guggenheim Foundation received during his years as Board Chairman of the Lampadia Foundation ensures the appointment of many more Guggenheim Fellowships to artists, scholars, and scientists than would otherwise be possible. A man of wide interests and strong views, Bob Glynn loved to laugh and to make others laugh. He will be sorely missed. Joseph A. Rice, Chairman, Board of Trustees Joel Conarroe, President (New York Times Jan. 8, 2002, Section B, Page 7 of the National edition with the headline: Paid Notice: Deaths GLYNN, ROBERT B.)

In Memoriam

KUNSTMUSEUM, LIECHTENSTEIN

Fernando Botero, Reclining Woman, 1993

Bronze 134.6x3403x167.6cm Ed. 1/3

Donation of Lampadia Stiftung, Vaduz, in memoriam Bob Glynn, President, 2002

Residences

In the 1930 census Robert and his family are living at 228 Central Avenue, Passaic, New Jersey, USA

In the 1950 census the family is living at 24 Grove Street, Passaic, New Jersey, USA. The property no longer exists

In 1959 Robert's address is listed as 255 Hicks Street, Brooklyn, New York, USA