Robert Austin Joseph Bordley (1918- )

Born in N.Y.C., son of Austin J. Bordley & Viola Magruder of Lyttleton (all of Balto), his wife. Attended Shady Side Academy, Pittsburgh; Upper Canada College, Toronto; Grad. Gilman, Balto. 1936 (Ice Hockey, Baseball, Football teams; cup for best athlete), and Princeton 1940 (Ice Hockey & Lacrosse teams) Married Martha Ann Robinson of New Orleans, 1946 (A.B. Univ of Wash. ’43). Enlisted 1942, O.T.C. 2nd Lt. Spent 2-1/2 yrs E.T.O. in WWII in AUS. Transp. Corps., Discharged as Major.

With Kenyon and Eckhardt Advertising, N.Y.C.; Asst. Edit. Princeton Alumni Weekly; McCormick and Co. sales, N.Y.C.; WTOP Radio Sales 1950; V.P. Sales, Wash. Post – Newsweek Radio and T.V. Stations 1969-78. President of: Princeton Class 1970-75, Princeton Club of Wash., D.C. 1968-70; Landon School Fathers Club (& Trustee); Norwood Parish School Parents Club; Holton Arms School Fathers Club. Clubs: Chevy Chase, Wash, D.C.; Elkridge, Baltimore; Hole in the Wall, Naples, Fla. Children 1.) Robinson M. Bordley b. 1947. A.B. Princeton 1970; M.A. Am. Univ.; All Ivy League Football; Capt. U.S. International Rugby team, 2 yrs. Teacher and Lacrosse Coach, Landon School, Va. 2.) Martha Keith Bordley b. ’53 m. Michael Mait, Sands Pt. L.I. 3.) Dr. Wm. Clayton Bordley, III b. 1959 Morehead Scholar, U of N.C., (Phi Beta Kappa; Pres. DKE Frat.); Johns Hopkins Med. School; now M.D. in Phila. (All 3 children married & have children)