Christopher Raymond Perry Rodgers ’42

Knobby prepared at St. George’s School. At Princeton he showed outstanding athletic ability, playing on the hockey and 150-pound football teams. He was a member of Cottage Club and president of the Right Wing Club. He also served as a counselor at Princeton Summer Camp.

After graduation, Knobby underwent training leading to a commission in the Navy. As radar officer on the aircraft carrier USS San Jacinto he participated in the landings on the Mariana Islands and the Battle of the Philippine Sea. By the time he was discharged in 1945 he had earned six battle stars.

Returning to civilian life, he went to work for what is now Citicorp and retired from there many years later as a vice president.  

Knobby’s gift for friendship and love of family were manifested in many ways — in his dedication to his three wives and 10 children, in the pleasure he took in a round of golf, and in his participation in the vestries of two Episcopal churches.  

To his daughters, Emily Rodgers, Mary Elizabeth Alexander, Sally Smith, Alice Celestino, Virginia Hoyt, and Julia Alpert; his sons, Perry, James, Sam, and John; his 30 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren, the class sends condolences.