A. Robert Arnstein ’52

Bob Arnstein died April 30, 2007, at Bainbridge Island, Wash. He had retired from the practice of medicine and moved to Bainbridge Island three years earlier.

Born in St. Louis, Bob came to Princeton from the John Burroughs School. He majored in chemistry and achieved high honors. He was a member of Cannon Club and the Pre-Med Society. Determined to study medicine and under the cloud of the Korean War, Bob left Princeton at the end of his junior year and entered Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. Subsequently, he trained in internal medicine and endocrinology at Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University Hospital. He moved to Detroit and became chief of endocrinology at Wayne State University School of Medicine. He left academic practice in later years and began private practice and teaching at William Beaumont Hospital in suburban Royal Oak, Mich.

Bob was a dedicated and compassionate physician. He was able to combine the science of medical practice with the art of patient care. His love of medicine was exceeded only by his love and devotion to his wife, Rita, their three sons, and five grandchildren. To them and to his brother, Frederick, the class extends deepest sympathy.