Robert Bennett died Aug. 16, 2011, after a six-year bout with cancer, a month shy of his 51st birthday, at home in Norwell, Mass. Julia Wallace Bennett ’83, his wife of 18 years, their sons Jake and Drew, and Bob’s extended family were by his side.

Born in Morristown, N.J., Bob always applied himself with distinction in his academic and athletic pursuits. At Phillips Exeter Academy, he was an All-American lacrosse goalie; at Harvard Business School he graduated as a Baker Scholar. Along the way, that combination of smarts and generosity of spirit landed him the presidency of Ivy Club and won him a slew of lifelong friends. Bob went on to careers at Goldman Sachs, where he specialized in real estate investment banking, and Berkshire Hathaway, where he spent the last 17 years, advancing to senior vice president.

Bob’s special combination of integrity, warm-heartedness, and good humor were magnetic. Wherever he went, from Exeter to Princeton to Harvard to Wall Street to the playing fields of Norwell, Bob made friends who invariably became lifelong cherished members of his family. His countless ’82 friends and the entire class send condolences to the Bennett family on their loss.

Undergraduate Class of 1982