Edward Roberts III ’60

In our 50th-reunion book, Ted wrote somewhat dismissively of his achievements. The facts argue otherwise. He came to Princeton from Ridgewood (N.J.) High School with the Class of 1955, but left after two years and joined the Navy. He became an officer and carrier air pilot, serving four years. He returned to Princeton for his junior and senior years, dined at Cottage Club, and graduated summa cum laude in art history.

After Harvard Law School, Ted joined Kelly, Drye & Warren in New York City, where he spent his career. He worked in corporate trusts in New York and partly in San Francisco and spent a term as managing partner of the firm.

After retirement, Ted claimed his principal pursuit was writing crank letters decrying the decline of practically everything. He excepted the Metropolitan Opera, to which he was devoted and for whose great improvement over his years in New York he was grateful. A bachelor and — according to his family — a rather private person, Ted enjoyed a circle of close friends and the urban pleasures of New York City.

He died Feb. 10, 2018, and is survived by his brother, nieces, and nephew.