Henry Butcher Roberts ’36

Hank died Feb. 28, 1997. He was 82. He prepared at St. Paul's School. At Princeton he majored in English and was a member of Ivy Club.

During WWII he served three years in the Navy, almost all of which were on the aircraft carrier USS Chenango in the South Pacific theater. He was awarded four battle stars in the island campaigns, and rose in rank to lieutenant.

His professional career was devoted entirely to book publishing. Before and after the war, he was a v.p. of Charles Scribner's Sons in NYC. He next moved as v.p. to the Kingsport Press in Tennessee. Later he was president of the Plimpton Press of Norwood, Mass. In 1968 he founded and was president of the Independent School Press in Wellesley Hills, Mass., from which he retired in 1987, when the company was sold.

His hobbies included tennis and sailing. He served four years on the advisory committee for the town of Sherborn, Mass.

Hank is survived by his wife of 60 years, the former Paton Rauch, son Henry B. Jr., daughter Polly, brother Laurance P., and eight grandchildren. His eldest son, Brinton P., died in 1989. Hank will be remembered by his many classmates.

The Class of 1936