Robert Levi Rooke

After studying in a one-room schoolhouse in Winfield,[1] in 1913 Rooke graduated with a degree in electrical engineering from Bucknell University, located four miles upstream from his hometown.

[2] In the early 1960s, he donated funds to Bucknell University for the construction of Rooke Chapel in memory of his parents.

To mark his 100th birthday, in 1991, the school dedicated a case studies room, in their Rooke Chemistry Building, to him.

[2] At the time of his death, he was believed to have been the oldest member of the New York Stock Exchange, having begun working there in 1928.

[2] He was interred in Lewisburg Cemetery, beside his wife, who preceded him in death by eight months, and his parents.