Malcolm Brooks Robertson ’40

Malcolm Robertson died Jan. 19, 1999, in Bellevue, Wash. Robbie was from Madison, N.J., and prepared at Choate, where he played soccer and baseball. At Princeton he roomed with Peter Paige and, later, Gene Kelley, and he graduated with honors in psychology. He joined Elm Club and played freshman and JV soccer. As a result of his Princeton R.O.T.C. commission, Robbie served from 1940-46 as a division artillery officer and was awarded the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster.

After WWII, he worked in NYC for a number of years with Union Carbide and then moved to Yakima, Wash., followed in 1953 by residence in Calgary, Alberta, where he formed a series of supermarkets. Later he was in Toronto with the head office, engaged in management and planning. Robbie returned to Seattle in 1960 and became v.p. of Lang Distributors, Inc. In later years he was a member and vestryman of the Church of the Epiphany in Seattle.

Robbie is survived by two daughters, Elizabeth S. and Joan R. Lamb; a granddaughter; and a sister, Enid Greacen. The class extends its deepest sympathy to the entire family.

The Class of 1940