Robert M. Best ’44 is the chairman of the board and chief executive officer of the Security Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
He has been in insurance most of his life beginning in 1946 when he became an agent for the Business Men’s Assurance Company of America. He later joined Security Mutual as manager of group sales, in 1948. He soon became assistant superintendent of agencies, in 1949. He returned to Business Men’s in 1953, as assistant manager of the Columbus, Ohio Agen¬cy. In 1961 he returned to Security Mutual and was named vice president in charge of agencies. He was elected to the board of directors in 1963, was elected executive vice president in 1966, president in 1969. president and chief executive officer in 1972. chair nan of the executive committee in 1974, and finally was elected chairman of the board and chief executive officer in 1977.
Bob has been on numerous in¬surance committees including the ex-ecutive committee of the Life In¬surance Guaranty Corporation, New York, New York. He also has been on numerous banking committees and is the regional director of the Marine Midland Bank, N.A., Syracuse, New York. Bob is a member of the Binghamton Club; the Economic Club of New York and Ohio Society of New York; the Otyokwa Lake Club, Hallstead, Penn-sylvania; and Trinity Memorial Church, Binghamton, New York.
He is a former member of numerous committees including the Empire State Chamber of Commerce, Albany, New York; the Association of New York State Life Insurance Companies, New York City; and the General Agents and Managers Association and Health Underwriters Association, Columbus, Ohio.
Bob has received many awards in cluding the 1974 Man of the Year of the Binghamton Sertoma Club; the 1975 CLU Distinguished Service Award, Southern Tier Chapter of CLU; the 1979 Leadership Award from the Campus Related Foundations of the State University Systems, and the 1980 Israel Peace Medal, from State of Israel Bonds.
Bob is a Chartered Life Underwriter who enjoys tennis and lives with his wife, Roselyn, at 41A Crestmont Road, Binghampton, New York.
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