Robert M. Fomon

Robert M. Fomon
Born	January 3, 1925 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died	May 31, 2000 Palm Beach, Florida, United States
Cause of death	Heart attack
Residence	Southampton, New York, Paris, France, Palm Beach, Florida
Education	University of Southern California
Occupation
Board member of	E. F. Hutton & Co., , Pacific Stock Exchange, SEC National Market Advisory Board, USC Graduate School of Business Administration, Thayer School of Engineering (Trustee)
Spouse(s)	1) Marilyn Quaintance 2) Sharon Kay Ritchie 3) Daphne Lewis Ashley Widener
Children	Anne Quaintance, Robert Quaintance
Relatives	Brother: Dr. Samuel J. Fomon (1923-2008)
Awards	USC Alumni Award for Business Excellence

Robert Michael Fomon (January 3, 1925 - May 31, 2000) was an American financier who was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of E. F. Hutton & Co. from 1970 to 1987, a governor of the , and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Pacific Stock Exchange. [1]

Born in Chicago, Illinois, after the early death of his mother, Robert Fomon and his older brother Samuel spent their childhood with relatives in Appleton, Wisconsin where they attended high school. Robert went on to graduate from the University of Southern California and in 1951 went to work in the corporate finance department of the Los Angeles office of E. F. Hutton & Co.

Robert Fomon was first married in 1954 to Marilyn Quaintance with whom he had two children. Divorced, he married for a second time in 1975 to Sharon Kay Ritchie, Miss America of 1956. [2] That marriage too ended in divorce and in 1989 he married Daphne Lewis Ashley Widener, the ex-wife of Widener family member, Peter A. B. Widener III. [3]

While living in California in the 1960s, Robert Fomon became involved in the sport of Thoroughbred horse racing. He notably owned in partnership the colt Inclusive, winner of the 1963 Texas Derby at Sunland Racetrack in Sunland Park, New Mexico and the 1964 San Luis Rey Handicap at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia. [4]

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