Robert Walsh
Born: 1930-1931
Died: May 6, 2015
Married: Shirley MacMillan Walsh (divorced), Terri Walsh
Children: Whitney Walsh, Bridget Walsh
Robert G. Walsh, known as Bob, was a son of John H. Walsh and Imogene R. Walsh, and the grandson of Dr. John C. Russell. He lived in Summerfield, Florida.
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, November 8, 1983
Chamber Corner
SARANAC LAKE - The following are excerpts from the latest Saranac Lake Area Chamber of Commerce newsletter prepared by Chamber Executive Director Sue Dyer.
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Board Member Profile: Robert "Bob" Walsh has served on the Chamber Board since 1982. He lives at 30 Petrova Ave., and has two children, Whitney and Bridget.
He has been with the American Management Associations for 21 years, and has served as vice president of the Saranac Lake operations for a year and a half.
Walsh is vice president of WCFE-TV in Plattsburgh, chairman of the Audit Committee of the Saranac Lake Elks Lodge 1508, and is on the Community Service Committee of the Rotary Club.
He is chairman of the chamber's successful Summer Park Concert Series.
He says he belongs to the Chamber and serves on the board of directors because, "The Chamber is an integral part of the business and community life of the Saranac Lake area". He says he is "impressed by its positive attitude, dedication and success and by the volunteers who give so much of their time each year".
Adirondack Daily Enterprise, May 14, 2015
Robert 'Bob' Walsh
Robert “Bob” Walsh, prominent Saranac Laker who was president of the American Management Association’s office from 1982 to ’92 and who was the Saranac Lake Citizen of the Year in 1989, died May 6, 2015, from complications of Alzheimer’s disease in Summerfield, Florida, where he and his wife Terri had retired in 1992. He was 84.
In Saranac Lake, Walsh served as president of the chamber of commerce, a member of the Elks Club and a board member of public television station WCFE; he coached Pee Wee hockey and played in the city’s fast-pitch softball league, being named to the All-Star team in 1957.
Walsh was predeceased by his parents, Imogene R. Walsh and John H. Walsh, and two siblings: John R. Walsh, a professionall figure skater who was Sonja Heine’s partner, and Alice Kennedy, also a professional figure skater with “Holiday on Ice” who later owned and operated Applause, a women’s “after five” clothing boutique in New Hope, Pennsylvania.
His second brother, Gene Walsh, a retired NBC executive, lives in Burbank, California.
Walsh and his first wife, Shirley McMillian Walsh, have two children: Whitney and Bridget, who live in Virginia.