Bob died Sept. 12, 2012, in Sarasota, Fla.
At Princeton, he roomed with Ward Sangren and George Tanham. Entering the Army Air Corps in February 1943, he was discharged after a serious automobile accident. He returned to Princeton to earn his bachelor’s degree in political science in 1946.
As a reporter for the Buffalo Evening News, he was president of the Five State Guild and won a Page One Award. He married Jeanne Wilson in 1948, and they had three children before divorcing in 1959.
Bob spent 30 years in New York City, where he became public-relations manager for the Manufacturing Chemists Association. He was a member of the Overseas Press Club and the Public Relations Society, and did public relations for the American Petroleum Institute. He married Gloria Arzonico in 1963.
Bob ran in the New York Marathon on his 60th birthday. Retiring to Sarasota, he had a local newspaper column and served as mayor of Holmes Beach. He loved tennis, swimming in the ocean, jazz, and writing. An excellent writer, he was our dedicated class secretary from 2004 to 2009.
Bob is survived by his former wife, Gloria; his children, John, Lauren, and David; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and Princeton, which he loved.