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ANDERSON, ROBBINS, B., lawyer, Honolulu; born in Matawan, N. J., June 15,
1877; son of Rev. James M. and Elizabeth (Robbins) Anderson; father was
Presbyterian minister and educator, being professor at Williams College, which
gave him honorary degree, D. D. : mother descendant of William Bradford,
governor of Plymouth Colony; married Mary Morris, daughter of Federal
Judge Page Morris, formerly of Virginia, now of Duluth, Minn., Nov. 1,
1910; three children: Elizabeth, Jean and Page Morris. Graduated Yale,
B. A., 1899; Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1903. Law practice with Hatch &
Ballou, Honolulu, and later member law firm of Frear, Prosser, Anderson &
Marx. Red Cross work, Washington, D. C., during world war, becoming manager
Insular and Foreign Division of American Red Cross. Is director Hawaiian
Trust Co., Ltd., and other business corporations; has held many offices in
philanthropic and semi-public organizations and clubs. Member and ex-president
University Club; president Yale Alumni Association of Hawaii; trustee Oahu
College; director Punahou Music School; trustee Honolulu Dental Infirmary;
director Y. M. C. A.; warden St. Andrew's Cathedral parish; member executive
committee Hawaiian Chapter American Red Cross; member local council American
Bar Association; corresponding secretary for Hawaii for Harvard Law School
Alumni; member Social Science Association, Oahu Country Club and Outrigger
Canoe Club. [Source: "Men of Hawaii", vol 2, Edited by John William Siddell,
1921; tr. by Rhonda Hill]