Robert L. Glanz ’27

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Bob Glanz died on Nov. 25, 1998, four days after his 93rd birthday. Born in Chicago, he entered Princeton from Chicago Latin School. A member of Key and Seal Club, he was active in interclass and interclub hockey and basketball. Majoring in physics, he won scholastic honors his junior and senior years. He served in the Army Air Corps technical and service commands during WWII. Bob retired in 1973 as pres. of the Glanz Mortgage Co. of Evanston, Ill., where he also practiced law and was active in numerous civic organizations. He volunteered with the Sun City Center [Fla.] Emergency Squad, Meals on Wheels, and the AARP income tax service.

Bob's first wife, Dorothy L. Rose, died in 1956. They had a daughter, Judith Lee and a son, Don. Bob married Diana F. White in 1957. He had seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

The class extends its deepest sympathy to his family.

The Class of 1927

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