Robert Campbell Shriver

Robert Campbell Shriver

• Father: William Payne Shriver
• Mother: Unknown (?)

• Robert Campbell Shriver was born on 20 September 1911 in New York.
• The following appeared on circa 21 June 1936 in The New York Times: (Fairfield, Iowa, June 20) Mr. and Mrs. William Laurier of theis place have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Dallas Wing Laurier, to Robert Campbell Shriver, son of the Rev. and Mrs. William P. Shriver of Ridgewood, N. J.
       Miss Laurier is a granddaughter of Mrs. Maurice E. Preisch of New York and of the late Mr. Preisch of New York and Buffalo. She was graduated from the Parsons College here and is a member of the Sigma Tau Delta fraternity.
       Mr. Shriver was graduated from Columbia University in 1933. He is with the Bank of the Manhattan Company in New York. Mr. Shriver's father is a secretary of the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church in the United State of America.
• He married Dallas Wing Laurier, daughter of William Laurier and Alice Richmond Wing, on 5 September 1936 in Manhattan, New York, in the chapel of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church.
• The following appeared on 6 September 1936 in The New York Times: Miss Dallas Wing Laurier, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Laurier of Fairfield, Iowa, formerly of this city, was married to Robert Campbell Shriver, son of the Rev. Dr. and Mrs. William Payne Shriver of Ridgewood, N. J., yesterday afternoon in the chapel of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. The bridegroom's father perfomred the ceremony.
       The bride, who was escorted by her father was attended by Miss Rhoda Logan Preisch of Buffalo. Oscar T. Connor of Ridgewood was best man.
       The ceremony was followed by a reception at the home of the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Maurice E. Preisch of 137 Riverside Drive.
       The couple have gone on a motor trip through New England and later will pass two weeks at Schroon Lake, N. Y. On their return they will live at 70 Morningside Drive.
• The SSDI lists Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, as the last residence of record of Robert Campbell Shriver.
• Dallas Wing Laurier became a widow at his death.
• Robert Campbell Shriver died on 3 April 2003 at age 91.
• The following appeared on 16 April 2003 in The New York Times: [Died] Robert C. Shriver, age 91, April 3, 2003 of Mechanicsburg, PA. Retired Officer US Trust Company. Board Directors Union Theological Seminary, Educator and Philanthropic Fund Raiser. Survived by wife of 66 years, Dallas Wing Laurier Shriver and son Stephen of Mechanicsburg, PA.

• Last Edited: 21 Aug 2012