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Robert W. Bivens
realized by private-public partnerships and how strong city centers can lead Americans boldly into the new millennium.”
Mr. Bivens has always trafficked in big ideas,” wrote Carl T. Hayden, former chancellor of the board of regents of the University of the State of New York. Bivens developed “a remarkable plan for bringing our inner cities back to life and restoring hope and opportunity to those who live there.”
He was bom in Wingdte, N.C. He graduated valedictorian from Wingate High School at age 15 and earned an electrical engineering degree at N.C. State. During World War n, he served in the Signal Corps of the Corps of Engineers and saw combat in Okinawa. Bivens’ first wife, June Larriene Powers of Lafollette, Tenn., died of lung cancer in 1981. They were married 32 years.
In addition to Wilhelmina Rish Price, survivors include two sons from his first marriage,David R. Bivens of Cumming, Ga., and Eric P. Bivens of Mechanicsville, Va.; two grandchildren, a sister, Edith Larrimore of Wingate, N.C., and a brother, John A. Bivens H of Fountain Hills, Ariz. This brother co-authored For Great Cities. A Bold Initiative with Bob Bivens.
Funeral services were held Saturday, April 7, at the Wingate Baptist Church in Wingate, N.C., followed by a graveside service for family only..
Memorial donations may be made to an organization that Bivens viewed as a model for reviving neighborhoods caught in cycles of violence and poverty; East Lake Foundation, 2606 Alston Drive, Atlanta, Georgia 30317.
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