Robert Asher, National Committeeman
A BUSINESS PERSON
Board of Directors' Co-Chairman, Asher's Chocolates (4th generation family candy business of C.A. Asher), major candy-making and national distribution center at Souderton, PA, with operations also in Historic Germantown area of Philadelphia and Lewistown, PA. Asher's annually produces more than 6 million pounds of confectioneries for national and international distribution.
AN INVOLVED CITIZEN:
- Pennsylvania member of Republican National Committee, appointed 1998
- Chairman, Development Committee, Nature Conservancy of Pennsylvania
- Board of Directors, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay Advisory Board; and Salvation Army, Philadelphia Region
- Member, Pennsylvania Society
- Philadelphia Zoological Society
- Session of Oreland (PA) Presbyterian Church
- Union League of Philadelphia
- Academy Club of Germantown Academy
- Leadership Council, Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania
- Avalon (NJ) Yacht Club
- Old York Road Country Club, Gwynedd, PA
- Chairman, Republican Party of Pennsylvania of Pennsylvania, 1983-1986
- Chairman, Montgomery State County (PA) Republican Committee, 1978-1986
- State Chairman, PA Governor Dick Thornburgh's successful re-election campaign committee, 1982
- Delegate, Republican National Convention, Detroit 1980 and Dallas 1984
- Commissioner, Springfield Township, Montgomery County, PA 1968-1971
CIVIC RECOGNITION
- Humanitarian Award, Montgomery County (PA) Association for Retarded Citizens
Special Award/Recognition, Valley Forge (PA) Council, Boy Scouts of America
- Good Citizenship Award, Union League of Philadelphia
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTS
- Graduate, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School of Business and Commerce, Philadelphia, B.S. in Economics (Class of 1960)
- Graduate, Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, PA (Class of 1955)
MILITARY SERVICE
- U.S. Army veteran, active duty and reserve status
PERSONAL DATA
- Born 9/7/37, Philadelphia, PA
- Married to former Joyce Webb, with three children, son Jeff, daughters Jill and Jodi, all married and with three grandchildren.
- Montgomery County, PA resident more than 35 years.
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 Bob Kilbanks
For years, Northampton County State Party member Bob Kilbanks has worked hard to ensure the success of our statewide, Congressional and local candidates. In recent months, he has also made it a priority to aggressively build and strengthen the Northampton County GOP’s grassroots network in anticipation of this November.
In honor of his continued hard work on behalf of our Party, we are proud to announce Northampton County Party member Bob Kilbanks as our August Republican of the Month.
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