MANN, ROBERT NEVILLE, 1904-1977

Biography: Historian; military officer.

Born– November 3, 1904, Battelle, DeKalb County, Ala.

Parents– Eugene Turner and Lola Josephine (Williamson) Mann.

Married– Anna Barstow Nollen, July 14, 1931.

Married– Malcena Catherine Cleek, May 14, 1949.

Children– One.

Education– B.S., Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1926; graduate study, Columbia University. Employed by New York Telephone Company; lieutenant colonel, U.S. Army, World War II. Awards; Legion of Merit, 1945; New York State Conspicuous Service Cross, 1946.

Member– Alabama Society of Colonial Wars, Georgia Society of Sons of the American Revolution, Alabama Society of the War of 1812. Died December 5, 1977.

Source: Catherine Cleek Mann, Cedar Bluff, Ala.

Joint_Publication(s):

Camp-Kemp Family History. Cedar Bluff, Ala.; Mann, 1967-1969.

M iddlesex, Virginia Daniel Descendants. Cedar Bluff, Ala.; Mann, 1959.

University of Alabama Website Link:

Source: http://www.lib.ua.edu/Alabama_Authors/?p=1728

Alabama Authors by the Alabama Library Association

Burial:

Cedar Bluff Cemetery, Cedar Bluff, Cherokee County, Alabama

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14715190

Robert Neville Mann attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now Auburn University), Auburn, Alabama, and did graduate study in Economics at Columbia University, New York City, for two years. Until his retirement for physical disability in 1964, he was employed by the New York Telephone Company as executive in charge of Revenue and Financial Matters. He has traveled extensively on all continents except Asia and Australia. Mr. Mann served as a Lieutenant Colonel in World War II from 28 February 1942 to 15 June 1946 in the Office of the Chief Signal Officer of the Army in Washington, D.C. He wrote the book, The Efficient Utilization of Officer Personnel in the Signal Corps. This plan, as outlined in this book, was adopted subsequently by the entire Army, the Air Force, and the Navy. For his services he was awarded the Legion of Merit in 1945. For his services in World War II he also was awarded the New York State Conspicuous Service Cross by Governor Thomas E. Dewey in 1946. He has also written a book on sales management and one on personnel management.

Mr. Mann is a member of the Alabama Society of Colonial Wars, the Alabama Society of Sons of the Revolution, the Georgia Society of Sons of the American Revolution, and the Alabama Society of the War of 1812. He is a former member of the New York Society of Military and Naval Officers, The Commonwealth Club, the City Club of New York, the University Club of New York, and the University Club of Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Official Board of the First Methodist Church, Cedar Bluff, Alabama. He organized and served as president of the Cherokee County Historical Society.

Source: Mann Family Manuscript

C ompiled by Cathrine Cleek Mann (Mrs. Robert Neville Mann). "Mannsford," Cedar Bluff, Alabama 35959. November 1965

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