USMA Class of 1916.
Seventieth Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 10, 1939, The Moore Printing Co., Inc., Newburgh, New York.
Robert George Guyer
No. 5490. Class of 1916.
Died January 14, 1939, at Washington, D.C., aged 46 years.
Robert George Guyer, the son of George Dickinson Guyer, Class of 1891 and Helen Greenman Guyer, was born at Fort Douglas, Utah, on January 8, 1893. He was the great-great-grandson of Daniel Dickinson, a Major in the American Army during the Revolutionary War and he was the grandson of Captain John W. Greenman of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War.
Descended thus from a long line of army families, it was only natural for Bob, himself, to turn to an army career. He entered West Point on June 14, 1912, having been appointed from South Dakota, where he had remained to complete high school during the absence of his family in Alaska. Ranking as Number 14 in a class of one hundred and twenty-five members, Bob graduated from West Point in 1916 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. His first assignment was to the 3rd Engineers at Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii. with which organization he served until December 1917.
At the outbreak of the World War he was Topographical Officer with the 319th Engineers at Camp Fremont, California. Promotion during those two years since graduation had been unusually swift, Bob having become a First Lieutenant on July 1, 1916 and Captain on May 15, 1917. The year 1918 brought similar rapid changes. On April 29th of this year Bob was relieved from duty with the 319th Engineers and assigned to duty as Topographical Officer with the 604th Engineers at Vancouver Barracks, Washington; he served in similar status at Camp Leach, Washington, D.C., until June 20th and on July 4, 1918 he was promoted to temporary grade of Major.
After the War, Bob returned to West Point as an Instructor in the Departments of Practical Military Engineering, English and History and Law. On June 9, 1921, upon the termination of this duty, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from which on June 12, 1922, he graduated with degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He then became Assistant to the District Engineer, 1st New York City District; he was on temporary duty commanding the Engineer Battalion, Citizens Military Training Corps, at Camp Dix, New Jersey, from July 8 to August 28, 1922, at which date he returned to resume his duties with the District Engineer in New York City.
Relieved from this assignment on August 25, 1924, Bob again was ordered to West Point, this time as Instructor in the Department of Philosophy. On July 1, 1926 he was promoted to the permanent grade of Major and on August 13, 1928, having completed his second tour at West Point, he became Corps Area Engineer Officer, Headquarters 5th Corps Area, Fort Hayes, Ohio, until August 10, 1932 when he reported as a student to The Command and General Staff School, Leavenworth, Kansas.
It was at this time that the strange illness from which he was never fully to recover became so severe that Bob could no longer continue on without adequate care and treatment. Reluctantly ending his school course in mid-term, he went to Hot Springs and during the following months of treatment there apparently improved. He returned to the Command and General Staff School the following year and completed the two year course on June 25, 1935. After graduation he became District Engineer, Washington Engineer District, Washington, D.C., until October 5, 1936, at which time he was ordered to Schofield, Barracks, Territory of Hawaii.
By December of 1936, however, Bob’s courageous efforts to carry on through the crippling pain of a malady that could not be diagnosed or adequately treated once again had to be terminated. On sick leave until March, he returned to the United States, retiring July 1, 1937 with rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
After another period of convalescence and settling a permanent home in Washington, D.C., Bob accepted a position as Instructor in the Georgetown Preparatory School, a work that he loved. But following the Christmas holidays of 1938, he collapsed, suddenly and died January 14, 1939, at Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C.
No words could adequately pay to Bob, as he was known and beloved to everyone who came in contact with him, the tribute worthy of his character. To those whom he leaves, the tragic sorrow of his death is the memory of Bob’s own zest and warm humanity in life. Idealistic, sentimental, devotedly loyal to his friends, Bob’s interests were those of a man who loved all life. At every post, in every Army town, everyone knew Bob, knew his friendliness, his intense sincerity and lack of sham. He spoke to everyone, knew everyone. No higher tribute can be paid any man than he loved and was beloved by men.
As gentle as he was personally, so too was Bob efficient and capable in his own technical profession. His efficiency reports were solidly Superior, with constantly recurring notations of a quiet, sincere, loyal man – a highly superior officer. At his death, letter after letter of tribute arrived from noted officers under whom Bob had served. To his widow came also a letter of tribute and sympathy from the Chief of Staff.
To Bob, West Point was a beloved mother and home. Here for more than thirteen years he lived happily, imbued with everything for which West Point stands. Few graduates, few men could equal Bob in his worshipful love for the Academy and the Corps of Cadets. Death to Bob could have meant only the gentle peace of being forever again home, of joining himself forever to the ideals and beauty of the one army home he knew and loved so well.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rose Ravenhall Guyer; his father, Colonel George Dickinson Guyer; his three sons, Richard, George and James; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Guyer Burr and a brother, Lieutenant Lawrence M. Guyer.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
Seventieth Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 10, 1939, The Moore Printing Co., Inc., Newburgh, New York.
Robert George Guyer
No. 5490. Class of 1916.
Died January 14, 1939, at Washington, D.C., aged 46 years.
Robert George Guyer, the son of George Dickinson Guyer, Class of 1891 and Helen Greenman Guyer, was born at Fort Douglas, Utah, on January 8, 1893. He was the great-great-grandson of Daniel Dickinson, a Major in the American Army during the Revolutionary War and he was the grandson of Captain John W. Greenman of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War.
Descended thus from a long line of army families, it was only natural for Bob, himself, to turn to an army career. He entered West Point on June 14, 1912, having been appointed from South Dakota, where he had remained to complete high school during the absence of his family in Alaska. Ranking as Number 14 in a class of one hundred and twenty-five members, Bob graduated from West Point in 1916 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. His first assignment was to the 3rd Engineers at Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii. with which organization he served until December 1917.
At the outbreak of the World War he was Topographical Officer with the 319th Engineers at Camp Fremont, California. Promotion during those two years since graduation had been unusually swift, Bob having become a First Lieutenant on July 1, 1916 and Captain on May 15, 1917. The year 1918 brought similar rapid changes. On April 29th of this year Bob was relieved from duty with the 319th Engineers and assigned to duty as Topographical Officer with the 604th Engineers at Vancouver Barracks, Washington; he served in similar status at Camp Leach, Washington, D.C., until June 20th and on July 4, 1918 he was promoted to temporary grade of Major.
After the War, Bob returned to West Point as an Instructor in the Departments of Practical Military Engineering, English and History and Law. On June 9, 1921, upon the termination of this duty, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from which on June 12, 1922, he graduated with degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He then became Assistant to the District Engineer, 1st New York City District; he was on temporary duty commanding the Engineer Battalion, Citizens Military Training Corps, at Camp Dix, New Jersey, from July 8 to August 28, 1922, at which date he returned to resume his duties with the District Engineer in New York City.
Relieved from this assignment on August 25, 1924, Bob again was ordered to West Point, this time as Instructor in the Department of Philosophy. On July 1, 1926 he was promoted to the permanent grade of Major and on August 13, 1928, having completed his second tour at West Point, he became Corps Area Engineer Officer, Headquarters 5th Corps Area, Fort Hayes, Ohio, until August 10, 1932 when he reported as a student to The Command and General Staff School, Leavenworth, Kansas.
It was at this time that the strange illness from which he was never fully to recover became so severe that Bob could no longer continue on without adequate care and treatment. Reluctantly ending his school course in mid-term, he went to Hot Springs and during the following months of treatment there apparently improved. He returned to the Command and General Staff School the following year and completed the two year course on June 25, 1935. After graduation he became District Engineer, Washington Engineer District, Washington, D.C., until October 5, 1936, at which time he was ordered to Schofield, Barracks, Territory of Hawaii.
By December of 1936, however, Bob’s courageous efforts to carry on through the crippling pain of a malady that could not be diagnosed or adequately treated once again had to be terminated. On sick leave until March, he returned to the United States, retiring July 1, 1937 with rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
After another period of convalescence and settling a permanent home in Washington, D.C., Bob accepted a position as Instructor in the Georgetown Preparatory School, a work that he loved. But following the Christmas holidays of 1938, he collapsed, suddenly and died January 14, 1939, at Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C.
No words could adequately pay to Bob, as he was known and beloved to everyone who came in contact with him, the tribute worthy of his character. To those whom he leaves, the tragic sorrow of his death is the memory of Bob’s own zest and warm humanity in life. Idealistic, sentimental, devotedly loyal to his friends, Bob’s interests were those of a man who loved all life. At every post, in every Army town, everyone knew Bob, knew his friendliness, his intense sincerity and lack of sham. He spoke to everyone, knew everyone. No higher tribute can be paid any man than he loved and was beloved by men.
As gentle as he was personally, so too was Bob efficient and capable in his own technical profession. His efficiency reports were solidly Superior, with constantly recurring notations of a quiet, sincere, loyal man – a highly superior officer. At his death, letter after letter of tribute arrived from noted officers under whom Bob had served. To his widow came also a letter of tribute and sympathy from the Chief of Staff.
To Bob, West Point was a beloved mother and home. Here for more than thirteen years he lived happily, imbued with everything for which West Point stands. Few graduates, few men could equal Bob in his worshipful love for the Academy and the Corps of Cadets. Death to Bob could have meant only the gentle peace of being forever again home, of joining himself forever to the ideals and beauty of the one army home he knew and loved so well.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rose Ravenhall Guyer; his father, Colonel George Dickinson Guyer; his three sons, Richard, George and James; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Guyer Burr and a brother, Lieutenant Lawrence M. Guyer.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
USMA Class of 1916.
Seventieth Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 10, 1939, The Moore Printing Co., Inc., Newburgh, New York.
Robert George Guyer
No. 5490. Class of 1916.
Died January 14, 1939, at Washington, D.C., aged 46 years.
Robert George Guyer, the son of George Dickinson Guyer, Class of 1891 and Helen Greenman Guyer, was born at Fort Douglas, Utah, on January 8, 1893. He was the great-great-grandson of Daniel Dickinson, a Major in the American Army during the Revolutionary War and he was the grandson of Captain John W. Greenman of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War.
Descended thus from a long line of army families, it was only natural for Bob, himself, to turn to an army career. He entered West Point on June 14, 1912, having been appointed from South Dakota, where he had remained to complete high school during the absence of his family in Alaska. Ranking as Number 14 in a class of one hundred and twenty-five members, Bob graduated from West Point in 1916 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. His first assignment was to the 3rd Engineers at Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii. with which organization he served until December 1917.
At the outbreak of the World War he was Topographical Officer with the 319th Engineers at Camp Fremont, California. Promotion during those two years since graduation had been unusually swift, Bob having become a First Lieutenant on July 1, 1916 and Captain on May 15, 1917. The year 1918 brought similar rapid changes. On April 29th of this year Bob was relieved from duty with the 319th Engineers and assigned to duty as Topographical Officer with the 604th Engineers at Vancouver Barracks, Washington; he served in similar status at Camp Leach, Washington, D.C., until June 20th and on July 4, 1918 he was promoted to temporary grade of Major.
After the War, Bob returned to West Point as an Instructor in the Departments of Practical Military Engineering, English and History and Law. On June 9, 1921, upon the termination of this duty, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from which on June 12, 1922, he graduated with degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He then became Assistant to the District Engineer, 1st New York City District; he was on temporary duty commanding the Engineer Battalion, Citizens Military Training Corps, at Camp Dix, New Jersey, from July 8 to August 28, 1922, at which date he returned to resume his duties with the District Engineer in New York City.
Relieved from this assignment on August 25, 1924, Bob again was ordered to West Point, this time as Instructor in the Department of Philosophy. On July 1, 1926 he was promoted to the permanent grade of Major and on August 13, 1928, having completed his second tour at West Point, he became Corps Area Engineer Officer, Headquarters 5th Corps Area, Fort Hayes, Ohio, until August 10, 1932 when he reported as a student to The Command and General Staff School, Leavenworth, Kansas.
It was at this time that the strange illness from which he was never fully to recover became so severe that Bob could no longer continue on without adequate care and treatment. Reluctantly ending his school course in mid-term, he went to Hot Springs and during the following months of treatment there apparently improved. He returned to the Command and General Staff School the following year and completed the two year course on June 25, 1935. After graduation he became District Engineer, Washington Engineer District, Washington, D.C., until October 5, 1936, at which time he was ordered to Schofield, Barracks, Territory of Hawaii.
By December of 1936, however, Bob’s courageous efforts to carry on through the crippling pain of a malady that could not be diagnosed or adequately treated once again had to be terminated. On sick leave until March, he returned to the United States, retiring July 1, 1937 with rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
After another period of convalescence and settling a permanent home in Washington, D.C., Bob accepted a position as Instructor in the Georgetown Preparatory School, a work that he loved. But following the Christmas holidays of 1938, he collapsed, suddenly and died January 14, 1939, at Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C.
No words could adequately pay to Bob, as he was known and beloved to everyone who came in contact with him, the tribute worthy of his character. To those whom he leaves, the tragic sorrow of his death is the memory of Bob’s own zest and warm humanity in life. Idealistic, sentimental, devotedly loyal to his friends, Bob’s interests were those of a man who loved all life. At every post, in every Army town, everyone knew Bob, knew his friendliness, his intense sincerity and lack of sham. He spoke to everyone, knew everyone. No higher tribute can be paid any man than he loved and was beloved by men.
As gentle as he was personally, so too was Bob efficient and capable in his own technical profession. His efficiency reports were solidly Superior, with constantly recurring notations of a quiet, sincere, loyal man – a highly superior officer. At his death, letter after letter of tribute arrived from noted officers under whom Bob had served. To his widow came also a letter of tribute and sympathy from the Chief of Staff.
To Bob, West Point was a beloved mother and home. Here for more than thirteen years he lived happily, imbued with everything for which West Point stands. Few graduates, few men could equal Bob in his worshipful love for the Academy and the Corps of Cadets. Death to Bob could have meant only the gentle peace of being forever again home, of joining himself forever to the ideals and beauty of the one army home he knew and loved so well.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rose Ravenhall Guyer; his father, Colonel George Dickinson Guyer; his three sons, Richard, George and James; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Guyer Burr and a brother, Lieutenant Lawrence M. Guyer.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
Seventieth Annual Report of the Association of Graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, June 10, 1939, The Moore Printing Co., Inc., Newburgh, New York.
Robert George Guyer
No. 5490. Class of 1916.
Died January 14, 1939, at Washington, D.C., aged 46 years.
Robert George Guyer, the son of George Dickinson Guyer, Class of 1891 and Helen Greenman Guyer, was born at Fort Douglas, Utah, on January 8, 1893. He was the great-great-grandson of Daniel Dickinson, a Major in the American Army during the Revolutionary War and he was the grandson of Captain John W. Greenman of the 8th Wisconsin Infantry during the Civil War.
Descended thus from a long line of army families, it was only natural for Bob, himself, to turn to an army career. He entered West Point on June 14, 1912, having been appointed from South Dakota, where he had remained to complete high school during the absence of his family in Alaska. Ranking as Number 14 in a class of one hundred and twenty-five members, Bob graduated from West Point in 1916 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers. His first assignment was to the 3rd Engineers at Fort Shafter, Territory of Hawaii. with which organization he served until December 1917.
At the outbreak of the World War he was Topographical Officer with the 319th Engineers at Camp Fremont, California. Promotion during those two years since graduation had been unusually swift, Bob having become a First Lieutenant on July 1, 1916 and Captain on May 15, 1917. The year 1918 brought similar rapid changes. On April 29th of this year Bob was relieved from duty with the 319th Engineers and assigned to duty as Topographical Officer with the 604th Engineers at Vancouver Barracks, Washington; he served in similar status at Camp Leach, Washington, D.C., until June 20th and on July 4, 1918 he was promoted to temporary grade of Major.
After the War, Bob returned to West Point as an Instructor in the Departments of Practical Military Engineering, English and History and Law. On June 9, 1921, upon the termination of this duty, he entered the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from which on June 12, 1922, he graduated with degree of Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He then became Assistant to the District Engineer, 1st New York City District; he was on temporary duty commanding the Engineer Battalion, Citizens Military Training Corps, at Camp Dix, New Jersey, from July 8 to August 28, 1922, at which date he returned to resume his duties with the District Engineer in New York City.
Relieved from this assignment on August 25, 1924, Bob again was ordered to West Point, this time as Instructor in the Department of Philosophy. On July 1, 1926 he was promoted to the permanent grade of Major and on August 13, 1928, having completed his second tour at West Point, he became Corps Area Engineer Officer, Headquarters 5th Corps Area, Fort Hayes, Ohio, until August 10, 1932 when he reported as a student to The Command and General Staff School, Leavenworth, Kansas.
It was at this time that the strange illness from which he was never fully to recover became so severe that Bob could no longer continue on without adequate care and treatment. Reluctantly ending his school course in mid-term, he went to Hot Springs and during the following months of treatment there apparently improved. He returned to the Command and General Staff School the following year and completed the two year course on June 25, 1935. After graduation he became District Engineer, Washington Engineer District, Washington, D.C., until October 5, 1936, at which time he was ordered to Schofield, Barracks, Territory of Hawaii.
By December of 1936, however, Bob’s courageous efforts to carry on through the crippling pain of a malady that could not be diagnosed or adequately treated once again had to be terminated. On sick leave until March, he returned to the United States, retiring July 1, 1937 with rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
After another period of convalescence and settling a permanent home in Washington, D.C., Bob accepted a position as Instructor in the Georgetown Preparatory School, a work that he loved. But following the Christmas holidays of 1938, he collapsed, suddenly and died January 14, 1939, at Walter Reed General Hospital, Washington, D.C.
No words could adequately pay to Bob, as he was known and beloved to everyone who came in contact with him, the tribute worthy of his character. To those whom he leaves, the tragic sorrow of his death is the memory of Bob’s own zest and warm humanity in life. Idealistic, sentimental, devotedly loyal to his friends, Bob’s interests were those of a man who loved all life. At every post, in every Army town, everyone knew Bob, knew his friendliness, his intense sincerity and lack of sham. He spoke to everyone, knew everyone. No higher tribute can be paid any man than he loved and was beloved by men.
As gentle as he was personally, so too was Bob efficient and capable in his own technical profession. His efficiency reports were solidly Superior, with constantly recurring notations of a quiet, sincere, loyal man – a highly superior officer. At his death, letter after letter of tribute arrived from noted officers under whom Bob had served. To his widow came also a letter of tribute and sympathy from the Chief of Staff.
To Bob, West Point was a beloved mother and home. Here for more than thirteen years he lived happily, imbued with everything for which West Point stands. Few graduates, few men could equal Bob in his worshipful love for the Academy and the Corps of Cadets. Death to Bob could have meant only the gentle peace of being forever again home, of joining himself forever to the ideals and beauty of the one army home he knew and loved so well.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Rose Ravenhall Guyer; his father, Colonel George Dickinson Guyer; his three sons, Richard, George and James; a sister, Mrs. Ruth Guyer Burr and a brother, Lieutenant Lawrence M. Guyer.
Source: United States Military Academy Association of Graduates memorial.
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