Robert Schoenhof Weil (born November 29, 1919 in Montgomery, Alabama) is chairman emeritus of Weil Brothers-Cotton, Inc. He was President and Director of the American Cotton Shippers Association, and has served on the Boards of the Atlantic Cotton Association, the Liverpool, England, Cotton Association, and the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. He has also served as a delegate to the National Cotton Council, International Federation of Cotton and Allied Textile Industries at London, International Cotton Advisory Committee, and the White House Conference on Export Trade Expansion. Weil has worked with the United States Congress and the Department of Agriculture in developing legislation and cotton policy.
His civic affairs background includes work with or philanthropy for: the American Cancer Society, Salvation Army, United Way, United Negro College Fund, Eye Foundation Hospital of Birmingham, St. Margaret's Hospital in Montgomery, Auburn University, Huntingdon College, Dartmouth College, and Wheaton College, Massachusetts. He is a founder of the Montgomery Academy.
He has been on the boards of both the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts and the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra.
In 1994 Weil, along with his brother, was named co-"Citizen of the Year" by the Montgomery Advertiser.
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