Charles Shepherd Roberts ’39

Chuck died Apr. 22, 1999, at his retirement home on St. Simon's Island, Ga.

Entering Princeton from Lake Forest Academy, Chuck majored in mechanical engineering, then attended Harvard Business School for a year before joining the Marine Corps in 1941. As a second lieutenant, Chuck was under enemy fire in the epic Battle of Midway and participated in the invasion of the Marshall Islands. Upon discharge he was a major. He then joined his family's steel distribution company, C. A. Roberts Co., where he was president for many years. He also served many civic and business organizations in Chicago and Georgia. He was director of Evanston Hospital for 18 years and of the Kemper Insurance Group for nine years, and he was president and director of Glenview Golf Club.

Chuck's life was filled with a deep, abiding love for his large family and many friends. His wife of 58 years, Anne Halsey, was well known to many classmates from undergraduate days. With Anne, their six children, eight grandchildren, and his brothers Shepherd M. and John H. '53, we give thanks for Chuck's talent for giving his best to those who shared his life.

The Class of 1939