Class of 1932 Princeton University; "Premier Regiment de Guides" in Brussels created by Royal decree in 1833; first class of Military Intelligence Training Center (Camp Ritchie - "THE RITCHIE BOYS");
"After graduate work at MIT, Bob joined the Birds Eye Co., and in 1937 he engineered the first railroad shipment in Europe of Birds Eye frozen foods and freezers to the American embassy in Moscow. With the fall of Belgium in 1940, Bob became an American citizen and volunteered as a private in the Army. Soon commissioned as a first Lt., he served in the message center for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. His fluency in four languages led him to the U.S. intelligence corps in London as attache to the Governments-In-Exile. After "D Day," he served in France and Belgium, closing his military career with the rank of Lt. Colonel. After the war, he was for 30 years an executive with General Foods Intl., establishing offices in Frankfurt and Hamburg and building Germany's first instant-coffee plant. He also helped run a family-owned real estate business in Brussels" Les Galeries Royales St. Hubert. (https://www.grsh.be/en/home/)
October 22, 1939 from Washington Post, RLG and wife Emlen accompany ex Prime Minister George Theunis to US from Europe. RLG is appointed member of the BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION seeking to get ""raw materials not obtainable in Europe."
Behind RLG's photo of George Theunis: "Ex Prime minister of Belgium for whom I worked from Sept 1939 - May 1940" see FINDAGRAVE #193544500
compiled by Mia Grosjean
"After graduate work at MIT, Bob joined the Birds Eye Co., and in 1937 he engineered the first railroad shipment in Europe of Birds Eye frozen foods and freezers to the American embassy in Moscow. With the fall of Belgium in 1940, Bob became an American citizen and volunteered as a private in the Army. Soon commissioned as a first Lt., he served in the message center for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. His fluency in four languages led him to the U.S. intelligence corps in London as attache to the Governments-In-Exile. After "D Day," he served in France and Belgium, closing his military career with the rank of Lt. Colonel. After the war, he was for 30 years an executive with General Foods Intl., establishing offices in Frankfurt and Hamburg and building Germany's first instant-coffee plant. He also helped run a family-owned real estate business in Brussels" Les Galeries Royales St. Hubert. (https://www.grsh.be/en/home/)
October 22, 1939 from Washington Post, RLG and wife Emlen accompany ex Prime Minister George Theunis to US from Europe. RLG is appointed member of the BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION seeking to get ""raw materials not obtainable in Europe."
Behind RLG's photo of George Theunis: "Ex Prime minister of Belgium for whom I worked from Sept 1939 - May 1940" see FINDAGRAVE #193544500
compiled by Mia Grosjean
Class of 1932 Princeton University; "Premier Regiment de Guides" in Brussels created by Royal decree in 1833; first class of Military Intelligence Training Center (Camp Ritchie - "THE RITCHIE BOYS");
"After graduate work at MIT, Bob joined the Birds Eye Co., and in 1937 he engineered the first railroad shipment in Europe of Birds Eye frozen foods and freezers to the American embassy in Moscow. With the fall of Belgium in 1940, Bob became an American citizen and volunteered as a private in the Army. Soon commissioned as a first Lt., he served in the message center for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. His fluency in four languages led him to the U.S. intelligence corps in London as attache to the Governments-In-Exile. After "D Day," he served in France and Belgium, closing his military career with the rank of Lt. Colonel. After the war, he was for 30 years an executive with General Foods Intl., establishing offices in Frankfurt and Hamburg and building Germany's first instant-coffee plant. He also helped run a family-owned real estate business in Brussels" Les Galeries Royales St. Hubert. (https://www.grsh.be/en/home/)
October 22, 1939 from Washington Post, RLG and wife Emlen accompany ex Prime Minister George Theunis to US from Europe. RLG is appointed member of the BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION seeking to get ""raw materials not obtainable in Europe."
Behind RLG's photo of George Theunis: "Ex Prime minister of Belgium for whom I worked from Sept 1939 - May 1940" see FINDAGRAVE #193544500
compiled by Mia Grosjean
"After graduate work at MIT, Bob joined the Birds Eye Co., and in 1937 he engineered the first railroad shipment in Europe of Birds Eye frozen foods and freezers to the American embassy in Moscow. With the fall of Belgium in 1940, Bob became an American citizen and volunteered as a private in the Army. Soon commissioned as a first Lt., he served in the message center for the Joint Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D.C. His fluency in four languages led him to the U.S. intelligence corps in London as attache to the Governments-In-Exile. After "D Day," he served in France and Belgium, closing his military career with the rank of Lt. Colonel. After the war, he was for 30 years an executive with General Foods Intl., establishing offices in Frankfurt and Hamburg and building Germany's first instant-coffee plant. He also helped run a family-owned real estate business in Brussels" Les Galeries Royales St. Hubert. (https://www.grsh.be/en/home/)
October 22, 1939 from Washington Post, RLG and wife Emlen accompany ex Prime Minister George Theunis to US from Europe. RLG is appointed member of the BELGIAN ECONOMIC MISSION seeking to get ""raw materials not obtainable in Europe."
Behind RLG's photo of George Theunis: "Ex Prime minister of Belgium for whom I worked from Sept 1939 - May 1940" see FINDAGRAVE #193544500
compiled by Mia Grosjean
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