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Robert Franklin Edgar, Sr.

Male 1894 - 1962


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  • Suffix  Sr. 
    Born  25 Aug 1894  Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender  Male 
    Died  8 Jun 1962  Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I8456  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  22 Jun 2019 

    Father  Robert F. Edgar,   b. Apr 1862, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Mother  Estella May Davis,   b. 12 May 1863, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Feb 1946, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married  Abt 1887 
    Family ID  F3324  Group Sheet

    Family  Dorothy Cartwright Dunlap,   d. 9 Jun 1973, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Robert Franklin Edgar, Jr.,   b. 22 Jun 1928, Fox Chapel, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. William Dunlap Edgar,   d. 3 Aug 2015, McCandless Twp., Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Margaret Dunlap Edgar,   b. 18 Dec 1925, Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 2011, Davidson, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID  F3326  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • The following obituary appeared in the June 11, 1962 edition of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

      Burial Rites At Graveside for Edgar
      Retired Associate Dean at Pitt School of Engineering

      Graveside services for Robert F. Edgar, retired associate dean of engineering at the University of Pittsburgh, will be held at 11 a.m. today at Allegheny County Memorial Park.

      Mr. Edgar died Friday June 8, after a long illness. He lived at 153 North Drive, Fox Chapel Manor.

      He was a member of the controversial athletic committee appointed at Pitt in May, 1948, which in its first meeting decided to cure the problem of Pitt losing football games by recommending that Athletic Director James Whitey Hagan be fired. Hagan resigned a few weeks later.

      Born in Pittsburgh

      Mr. Edgar who was born in Pittsburgh, was graduated from Pitt in 1919 and joined the faculty as instructor of civil engineering. He later became head of civil engineering and associate dean of the school. He retired in 1960.

      During World War II, Mr. Edgar, on leave from Pitt, headed the engineering faculty at Shrivenham American University in England at which American soldiers were taught.

      Survived by Wife

      He is survived by his wife, Dorothy Dunlap Edgar; two sons, Robert F. Jr., and William D. Edgar, both of Pittsburgh; a daughter, Mrs. Harold Sellers, of New Kensington; two sister, Mrs. Mabel Carrington, of Greencastle, Pa. and Mrs. David H. Evans, of Pittsburgh; and nine grandchildren.

      Arrangments were made by H. Samson's, 537 N. Neville St., Oakland.