Robert S. Travis [SEP] position held
Robert S. Travis
Robert S. Travis (May 2, 1909 – August 14, 1980) was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate.
Travis was born in Platteville, Wisconsin. During World War II, he served in the United States Army crewing a radar truck in the European theater. Travis went to Michigan State University; he was the manager of Irvington Dairy Products on Omaha, Nebraska and was an insurance agent. His son Robert S. Travis, Jr. also served in the Wisconsin Assembly
FAA and held this role until 2 July 1987. In 1996 he was appointed Director of the National Air and Space Museum, a position which he held until his death.
Personal life.
He married Mary Baker on 23 September 1943 before being deployed to the Pacific theatre. The couple had four children: 3 sons (Travis, Charles and Christopher) and a daughter (Candace Ellis).
Death.
He and William S. Ivans died on 13 July 1999 when the glider they were flying broke up in