Reuben B. Robertson with Prince Bernhard

This 1957 photograph shows (L to R) Gaylord Davis, vice-president of the American Enka Corporation; John E. Bassill, president of the Enka firm; Prince Bernhard, and Reuben B. Robertson, chariman of the board of the Champion Paper and Fibre Company at the Asheville-Henderson airport. Bernhard was on a 23-day tour of the United States when he spent a day inspecting the Dutch-owned American Enka Corporation. He had been in from St. Simons Island, Georgia where he was chairman of the Bilderberg conference of American and European business and political leaders. Born Count Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld, he renounced his German citizenship and was granted Dutch citizenship in 1936 after he met Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands. On the day before they married January 7, 1937, Bernhard was made Prince of the Netherlands and remained so until his death December 1, 2004. More information about this photograph can be found in the Champion publication The Log. Click the link in the “Related Materials” field to view the article on page 36