“R” is for Robert, Henry Martyn (1837-1923). Engineer, author. A native of Robertville in Jasper County, Robert graduated from West Point and spent his career as an engineer in the United States Corps of Engineers. After presiding over a public meeting without any guidelines as how to proceed, Robert decided to produce a guide for conducting meetings. In 1876 (at his own expense), he self-published Pocket Manual of Rules of Order for Deliberative Assemblies, better known by its short title, Robert’s Rules of Order. The work was immensely popular, and he distributed one thousand copies to legislators and civic leaders across the country. More than a half million copies had been sold by 1915. Robert’s Rules of Order has never been out of print and remains the definitive voice of parliamentary procedure in meeting rooms worldwide.
“R” is for Robert, Henry Martyn (1837-1923)
