O. Theodore Roberg Jr. ’27

Ted died Apr. 24, 2003, in Chicago, the city where he was born into a family of numerous physicians.

He came to Princeton from Lake Forest Academy, majored in biology, and earned a Phi Beta Kappa key in his junior year. He was a Golden Gloves boxing champion as an undergraduate and at Harvard Medical School. He subsequently interned in pathology, did a residency in orthopedics in Germany, and pursued a career as a surgeon, serving as such in the Army during WWII. Certified by the American Board of Surgery and as a fellow in the American College of Surgeons, he practiced actively until age 80, and occasionally thereafter. He retired as emeritus professor of surgery at Rush Medical College, and attending surgeon and past chairman of the Dept. of Surgery at Swedish Covenant Hospital, both in Chicago.

At the time of our 60th reunion in 1987 he wrote, "Have managed to keep weight within five pounds of level in college," and he was thinking of taking a German course before returning to the location of his German residency.

Ted is survived by his wife, Phyllis, whom he married in 1948; sons O. Theodore III and Bradford; a daughter, Marilee; and a granddaughter, Alana. The class extends condolences to Ted's family.

The Class of 1927