Member Directory,
1847 - 1922
Robert G. Remsen
Physician/Civic Affairs
Centurion, 1877–1896
Proposed by
James M. McLean, Benjamin L. Swan Jr., and Augustus R. Macdonough
James M. McLean, Benjamin L. Swan Jr., and Augustus R. Macdonough
born
March 25, 1831
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
died
January 18, 1896
New York (Manhattan), New York
New York (Manhattan), New York
elected
May 5, 1877
Age forty-six
Age forty-six
buried
Green-Wood Cemetery,
Brooklyn, New York
Brooklyn, New York
seconder of
Member Photograph Albums CollectionAlbum 4 & 5, Leaf 7
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Century Memorial
Robert G. Remsen, a representative of one of the oldest families of New York, and prominent in financial circles, was a type of the old New York gentleman, well educated, familiar with the best literature of the day, affable and fitted for genial companionship, and gifted with a social instinct that made him welcome in any circle where he appeared. He was educated as a physician, but during the latter years of his life was not in active practice, preferring the leisure which ample means gave him for more congenial pursuits in the direction of large corporations, in club association and free intercourse with a large circle of friends.
Henry E. Howland
1897 Century Association Yearbook
