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Robert Marshall, U.S. Forestry Official, Dead at 37; Was Son of Louis Marshall

November 13, 1939
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Robert Marshall, son of the late Louis Marshall and chief of the recreation division of the United States Forestry Service, died yesterday at the age of 37. He was stricken on a train on his way here from New York.

Considered one of the most brilliant younger officials in the Federal service, Mr. Marshall’s death was today deplored by Interior Secretary Harold Ickes and other government leaders. “Robert Marshall,” Mr. Ickes said, “made a splendid contribution to the country through his service in the Department of Interior…. The wilderness areas he worked so hard to perpetuate remain as his monuments.” He is survived by two brother, James, president of the New York City Board of Education, and George, a New York economist.

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