Robinson McIlvaine [SEP] date of death
Robinson McIlvaine
Robinson McIlvaine (17 July 1913 – 24 June 2001) was a career US diplomat who was President of the African Wildlife Foundation from 1978 to 1982.
Early years.
McIlvaine was born in Downingtown, Pennsylvania in 1913. He graduated from Harvard College.
McIlvaine served in the U.S. Navy in Panama prior to the Attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.
He was made commanding officer of a submarine chaser in the Guadalcanal area, and later became captain of a destroyer escort on Atlantic convoy duty
Sep 1750, Springton Manor was left to his brother Samuel Muckleduff. [Chester Co PA Wills & Mention in Wills 1713 - 1825]. It was the home of Congressman Abraham Robinson McIlvaine (1804-1863). The property is administered as a park and agricultural history museum by Chester County.
It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
External links.
- Springton Manor Farm website