See, Robert Samuel, 1903-1991
Biography
Robert Samuel See (1903-1991) is the son of William Sherman See (1865-1956) and Alta Anna Featherston
See (1878-1942). He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1923 from Howard Payne College and a Master of
Business Administration degree in 1926 from the University of Texas. See worked as a professor in the
Commerce Department at Centenary College of Louisiana from 1926 to 1946. He also served on
Centenary’s faculty committee on student publications where he helped advise the student newspaper (the
Centenary Conglomerate) and student yearbook (the Yoncopin). From 1942 to 1945, he was director of the
war training program in North Louisiana for the United States Office of Education and the War Manpower
Commission. Upon resigning from Centenary, See worked as business manager of the Shreveport
Engraving Company from 1946 to 1952. He then worked as executive vice president at the Southwestern
Engraving Company in Fort Worth, Texas, from 1952 to 1953. Next, See served as the director of the
business division at Pan American College in Edinburgh, Texas, from 1953 to 1961. In 1961, he became
administrative assistant for Otis Smith and Company, a certified public accounting firm in Edinburgh,
Texas.
In 1938, See married Ann McCathern Cargill (1916-1997). Cargill attended Centenary College of
Louisiana, where she worked as a staff member of the Yoncopin yearbook and served as a member of the
Maroon Jackets. She graduated from Centenary in 1936.