Henry Tucker Robertson ’33

Robbie Robertson died Jan. 16, 1994, in Sante Fe., N. Mex. He had suffered from a lung disorder for some years.

Robbie came to Princeton from the Webb School in California. He was an energetic and active member of our class. He rowed on the 150-pound crew, participated in 150-pound football, and was a member of Campus Club.

After graduation he worked in China and India for the family business, E. T. Robertson & Sons, Intl. Cotton Controllers, which certifies the quality and quantity of cotton shipments from ports around the world. He took time out to teach at Webb School for two years, 1941-43, and then worked for OSS during the war. After the war, he was a rancher near Scottsdale, Ariz., for five years, and then he joined the State Dept.and served for five years in India.

He then rejoined the family business, was stationed in Japan for 10 years, and then moved to Boston, Mass., in 1967 to become president of the company. He remained in that post until he retired in 1971, at which point he moved to Santa Fe.

His athletic skills remained with him and he was an excellent and enthusiastic golfer and skier well into retirement. His wife, Pauline, died several years before he did. He is survived by his son, Douglas, and by daughter Carole, who helped with this report and whose husband is Phillip Coviello '65.

The Class of 1933