Francis F. Rosenbaum ’48

Pete died March 29, 2017, in New York.

Born Nov. 26, 1926, in New York City, he attended Taft School, was on active Navy duty in the North Atlantic during World War II, and was an honors graduate of what is now the Woodrow Wilson SPIA.

Pete’s father, Francis F. 1920; son Michael ’81; and granddaughter Erin ’11 all were coxswains for their year’s varsity crew. A longtime member of our class executive committee, Pete was also a perennially leading Annual Giving campaigner.

We remember him as one of the most loyal and conscientious leaders of our class. He was a partner in his family’s and other Wall Street firms and a leader in New York-area philanthropy and volunteering. He served as president of the Baron de Hirsch Fund of the Buttonwood Foundation and treasurer of the Jewish Guild for the Blind, and was a leading supporter of the Jewish Home for the Elderly, located in Fairfield, Conn., near the Rosenbaum country home. Pete was on the board of governors of the Princeton Club of New York and was a trustee of the Princeton Rowing Association.

Pete and Joyce were married Aug. 9, 1957. She survives him, as do two sons, two grandsons, and two granddaughters.