Edward Adams Robie ’41

Bud died July 11, 2005, at home in Orono, Maine.

A graduate of Andover, be took a postgraduate year at Westminster School in London, before joining us for sophomore year. At Princeton, Bud majored in the School of Public and International Affairs, was awarded high honors, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was awarded the Eyler Newton Prize. He was on the varsity soccer and track teams and the editorial board of the Tiger, and was a member of the yacht club and an officer of Quadrangle Club. His roommates were Archie Andrews, Pete Hughes, and Pete Raleigh.

During the war, Bud was a Navy pilot in the South Pacific, winning the Air Medal with three stars and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He began his business career at Sperry Gyroscope, then was an aide to Sen. Alexander Smith before moving to Lee Paper. In 1952 he joined Equitable Life Assurance Co., from which he retired in 1979 as senior vice president of human resources.

Bud then became professor of human resources management at the New School's Graduate School of Management in New York. He served as chairman of the board of CARE from 1986 to 1989.

Bud is survived by his wife of 57 years, Jacqueline "Jackie" Ingram Robie; daughters Betty Carrol and Jacqueline Parks; sons Theodore Ingram and Edward Jr.; and 10 grandchildren.

The Class of 1941