Robert A.K. Smith Jr. ’62

Robin died of cardiac arrest March 4, 2023, in St. Louis. He was a gentleman in the full sense of the word.

He graduated from St. Louis Country Day School and spent a post graduate year at Winchester College in England, where he absorbed English style. He arrived at Princeton in custom London clothes. Robin was a member of Colonial Club and wrote his thesis on Emily Brontë. He played squash and track during his first two years. His senior-year roommates were Charlie Swift, Hut Carspecken, and Richard Williams.

Robin was among a group of classmates who wed Vassar girls after graduation. In 1964, he married Katharine Southworth (Vassar ’64), who survives him along with their son and daughter.

After working in advertising in New York and St. Louis, Robin enrolled in the MBA program at Harvard. After graduating in 1970, he was at D’Arcy Advertising in St. Louis until he moved up to head its Bloomfield Hills, Mich., office in 1982. He held that position until he retired in 1997. His hobbies included skiing (and being a mountain host) at Vail, fly fishing, golf, and Cavalier King Charles spaniels.

The class extends its sympathies to all.