Robert Sibley

Robert Sibley (March 28, 1881-July 22, 1958)

Biography

Robert Sibley born on March 28, 1881, in Round Mountain, Alabama. He was the fourth son of Robert Pendleton Sibley (born 17 Feb. 1848) and Susie B. Sibley (née Susie Wheless Bolling, 19 Jan. 1851). His siblings were Bolling (b. 1873), Francis Wheless (b. 1875), George Royal (b. 1879), and Herbert (b. 1885).

Sibley graduated from the University of California in 1903. For a time, Sibley served as editor of the Journal of Electricity. Sibley was a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of California, Berkeley, Sibley, then executive manager of the California Alumni Association, recruited other civic leaders to the cause of preservation, and "immediately enlisted Hollis Thompson, Berkeley City Manager, to organize the East Bay Regional Parks Association". until his death in 1958.

Sibley lived for many years in a house in Berkeley known as Allanoke Manor.

When Sibley retired on 30 June 1949 as manager of the California Alumni Association, the California State Senate passed a resolution commending him for his service, and noting the growth in membership of the alumni association.

In 1958, when Robert and Carol Sibley were traveling together in France, Robert died unexpectedly of a heart attack in Dinan, France. His remains were cremated in Paris, and returned to California.

Works (Kessinger Legacy Reprint, 2010; originally published by Lederer, Street & Zeus Co., 1952)