E. Robert Gallagher ’49

Bob died Aug. 3, 2013, in San Francisco, having lived there since the mid-1950s. We know of no survivors.

Born Sept. 21, 1924, in Doylestown, Pa., Bob was president of his high school class during his junior and senior years. He was in the Army from August 1943 until May 1945, attended the University of Pennsylvania briefly, and joined our class in November 1945. Bob played in the band and the orchestra, majored in art and archaeology, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

The only knowledge we have of Bob’s life at Princeton is his report on spending the summer of 1947 in England, excavating blitz-damaged sites for archaeological research.

Little is known about Bob’s life after college, but he lived in San Francisco from the mid-’50s until he died. At that time, he was reported to be a retired senior curator for the Oakland Museum, which seems likely, given his high honors in art and his Phi Beta Kappa key.

Bob was a talented member of our class and we wish we knew more about him.