Bob Warner Jr.
Honor Code SignatorySigned 29 Jul 2012 | 735 contributions | 48 thank-yous | 107 connections
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First home was Wadsworth Avenue, NYC then New Dorp, Staten Island. Next home was Seeley Place, Scarsdale, NY where I first attended school. Our next home was Hill St., Rye, NY. Entered Milton elementary school in the third grade. My final home was Elmwood Ave. where I graduated from Rye High School 1950. In 1948 I was in first group of 23 American students Exchanged to Europe (Scandinavia) after WW II. I attended Columbia University before enlisting in the US Army. Inducted At Camp Kilmer, NJ, took basic at Ft. Dix and OCS at Ft Monmouth, NJ. Commissioned a 2nd Lt in the Signal Corps and was selected for flight training at San Marcos AFB, TX. and Ft Sill, OK. for advanced tactics. Also selected for Helicopter flight school receiving my wings a year later and tasked to form the first US Army Air Force light aviation unit at the NATO base in Keflavik, Iceland. Where I met my wife! Honorably Discharged from active military 1954 and entered work force as a Guide at National Broadcasting Company, 30 Rockefeller Plaza NYC. Six months later I was offered a position on the Today Show as commercial producer. I remained with the show for three years when I was offered a position with Young and Rubicam Advertising, which I accepted. I continued flying by joining the Air National Guard, assigned to Head Quarters Co. in Yonkers, NY. Transitioned from piston to jet helicopters. After more than a dozen years with Y&R, I formed my own company with two partners, but did not succeed and was invited to join Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI) Licensing Department, later becoming asst. VP of International Dept. before retiring. Attended meetings In Germany, Denmark Switzerland, UK etc. Began Consulting business in the intellectual property of music copyrights working with National Religious Broadcasters and WQXR in NYC. After some years, in 1996 moved to central New Jersey and engaged in Real Estate in Princeton. More than twenty years later my wife and I sell homes in the Active Adult Communities of Monroe Twp. NJ. For a great many years I have been investigating our family history and will now begin to stitch the pieces together. PS: Also looking into my Wife's genealogy in English and discovered "Icelandic Roots" in Fargo, ND...they opened their website in 2013 and have the English translation of Islandingabok which contains 750,000 Icelandic families history dating back 1000 years. Also became involved in the Civil Air Patrol an auxilliary of the US Air Force at the Trenton NJ airport.My wife and I officially retired as real estate agents January 1,2023. We are now relaxing and enjoying our leisure. My attention is once again directed to the Family genealogy. Stay tuned.
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A proud American veteran.
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Robert Wagner Warner Jr
New Netherland families of Forbes, Vangeiders, Onkelbach, Paulding, Roos, Van Schaick, Vigne and others were my ancestor's families from New Netherlands. I have extensive documented research on the Warner family of Virginia, please tell me how to proceed so I can be helpful to the Warner project.
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I have more than 1000 slides and 21 hours of tape to convert.