W.R (Bob) Corbett

Born 10-24-1924 IN PIKEVILLE KENTUCKY MOVED TO LOUISVILLE KY. 1936 FATHER DIED MOVED TO CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA WITH GRANDPARENTS GRADUATED CHARLESTON HIGH SCHOOL JUNE 1942 2 WEEKS LATER EMPLOYED BY NABISCO JUNE 1943 JOINED THE US MARINES 6 MONTHS LATER TRANSFERRED TO HASTINGS NEBRASKA TRANSFERRED TO CAMP LEJEUNE NORTH CAROLINA- INVASION TRAINING NEXT TO GUADALCANAL, SOLOMON ISLANDS FOR MORE TRAINING APRIL 1945 INVASION ON OKINAWA FOR 3 MONTHS THEN TO GUAM FOR RECUPERATION NEXT TO SINGTAO CHINA TO ACCEPT JAPANESE SURRENDER FROM NORTHERN CHINA.  REPATRIATED JAPANESE BACK TO JAPAN RETURNED TO USA DISCHARGED EARLY 1946 RETURNED TO CHARLESTON WEST VIRGINIA ATTENDED MORRIS HARVEY COLLEGE, PART OF WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY RTURNED TO NABISCO FOR OFFICE TRAINING AND WORKED ½ DAYSCOLLEGE AND ½ DAYS AT NABISCO SEPT. 1948 PROMOTED TO OFFICE MANAGER.  2 YEARS LATER TRANSFERRED TO PHOENIX AZ. AS OFFICE MANAGER. MET MARY-LIVED 50 YEARS HAPPILY TOGETHER.  ONE SON MICHAEL T. WHO INHERITED ALL HIS MOTHER’S CHARM AND CHARACTERISTICS 2 YEARS LATER TRANSFERRED TO LONG BEACH, CA. NOV. 1952 TRANSFERRED TO PORTLAND OREGON BAKERY AS ASSISTANT PERSONNEL MANAGER 1956 PROMOTED TO PERSONNEL MANAGER 1965 PROMOTED TO BAKERY MANAGER DENVER CO. BAKERY 1971 TRANSFERRED TO LABOR RELATIONS- GENERAL OFFICE NEW YORK CITY 1972- BECAME REGIONAL PERSONNEL MANAGER FOR WESTERN STATES HEADQUARTERED IN OAKLAND CA. DEVELOPED A STATE GOVERNMENT RELATIONS PROGRAM.  HANDLED LABOR RELATIONS, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND GOVERNMENT RELATIONS IN 13 WESTERN STATES FROM COLORADO TO HAWAII. 1987- RESIGNED LABOR RELATIONS AND WAS GIVEN A SEPARATE CONTRACT TO HANDLE GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS IN WESTERN STATES. WORKED WITH PORTLAND BAKERY MANAGER TO DEVELOP A TAX SAVINGS PROGRAM IF THE COMPANY SPENT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS REMODELING THE BAKERY WE MOVED THE PROPOSAL THROUGH THE STATE LEGISLATURE AND THEN THROUGH THE PORTLAND CITY COUNCIL.  THE SAVINGS TO NABISCO OVER THE FIRST 5 YEARS WAS $20,000,000. THE COMPANY INCLUDED MY TIME IN THE MILITARY SERVICE AND COLLEGE TO MY WORKING TIME TOTALING 47 YEARS FROM 2 WEEKS AFTER GRADUATING HIGH SCHOOL UNTIL RETIREMENT IN 1988. WIFE MARY PASSED AWAY IN 2001 SURVIVED BY SON MICHAEL, DAUGHTERR IN LAW RITA, GRANDSONS CHRISTOPHER AND BRANDON, GRAND DAUGHTEER ALICIA, GREAT GRAND SON MAX. FOR YEARS WENT TO THE WESTMINSTER RECREATION CENTER LOVED TO TALK POLITICS, SPORTS, TRAVEL TO MEXICO AND BRECKENRIDGE, AND DRINK BOURBON. IN LIEU OF FLOWERS CONTRIBUTUIONS MAY BE MADE TO THE LEUKEMIA SOCIETY. SERVICES ON 7/15/15 AT 11:00 AM AT ST. JOHN’S EPISCOPAL CATHEDRAL 14TH AND WASHINGTON DENVER,CO.