H. Robert Crago ’54

Bob died March 22, 2024. 

While preparing at Albany Academy, he was active in track and soccer.

At Princeton, he majored in biology, joined Campus Club, played in the marching and concert bands, and participated in IAA volleyball, pool, and billiards. He also pursued interests in camping and water sports.

Bob married Barbara Francis Smith in 1956 while at Columbia’s College of Physicians and Surgeons, earning a medical degree in 1958. After his internship, he served three residencies in general surgery and three years in the Air Force as a base surgeon. Departing from the pattern of most of his colleagues in their residencies who stayed to work at major medical centers, he chose to work as a small-town surgeon, eventually establishing a group practice with two other surgeons in Sharon, Pa. He held leadership positions at Sharon Regional Medical Center, including chief of surgery, prior to retiring in 2002. 

Barbara and Bob spent their retirement enjoying their family, playing bridge and golf, traveling, and volunteering. Barbara passed away in 2009. In 2017, Bob married Linda Stilley. They moved to Statesboro, Ga., in 2018 and enjoyed seven years together away from the long Pennsylvania winters. 

Bob is survived by his wife Linda and his daughter Patricia, sons Robert and Matthew, and seven grandchildren.