Born in 1909, Robert Ford Bentley was the son of Miehle Printing Press & Manufacturing Company CEO Arthur Bentley and Cherry Ford Bentley. Bentley's father began grooming his son for the family business while he was attending Brown University, sending Bentley abroad to study French and business. However, Bentley intended to pursue philosophy and English. He graduated from Brown with a degree in English and Economics, eventually joining his father's business in research and advertising. Bentley was involved with Miehle and its successors, Miehle-Goss-Dexter and Rockwell International, in his capacity as a major stockholder.
Bentley married twice: first to Marjorie Drawbaugh in 1936, with whom he had one daughter, Judy, and next to Elizabeth Dyas in 1955. Bentley died in 1994 and was survived by Dyas.
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