Bob lived his professional life in suburban Philadelphia, though more recently he moved to Middlebury, Vt., where he died Oct. 30, 2013.

Following graduation from Williamsport (Pa.) High School in 1944, he entered the Navy’s V-12 program at Villanova and was subsequently assigned to the aircraft carrier USS Leyte as a communications officer. He came to Princeton in 1946, where he majored in architecture and belonged to Tower.

Bob continued studying architecture at Princeton, earning an MFA in 1953. Then, with his wife, Jean, whom he married in 1948, he moved his family to Wayne, Pa., to join an architectural firm. In 1964, he opened his own firm, Robert E. Forrest Associates, where he practiced for 40 years. Among his clients were universities, secondary schools, hospitals, churches, corporations, and local residents.

Bob’s civic involvement included serving as a school board president, church trustee, and Philadelphia Navy League director. He was vice president of the North Wayne Protective Association, which says it is the country’s oldest continuing civic organization, founded in 1885. Bob played competitive tennis and continued to ski and golf well into his senior years.

Our sympathy goes to his children, David, Allison and Robert, and three grandchildren. His wife predeceased him in 2008.

Undergraduate Class of 1950
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Graduate Class of 1953