Robert Austin Bendheim ’37

He studied at Columbia Grammar School and transferred in 1935 from Amherst to Princeton, where he majored in economics and was on the soccer team.

After graduation he spent four years in the Navy and worked in the Naval Supply Corps. His interest was in textiles, and he produced the black cloth for our reunion jacket.

Later Bob became associated with the M. Lowenstein Corp., a major textile firm that manufactured apparel and industrial fabrics. He started with the company as a trainee in 1946 and served as chief executive officer from 1975 to 1985. He was also president of the Leon Lowenstein Foundation, begun by his uncle, which provides grants for medical research and education. The foundation provided large grants to Mount Sinai, Columbia-Presbyterian, and Sloan-Kettering hospitals, to Princeton and Fordham universities, and to Penn’s Wharton School.

Bob received an honorary degree in humane letters from Fordham and served on the boards of Mount Sinai Hospital, Fordham University, and the United Way of New York. He also served on several Princeton committees.

To Bob’s beloved wife, Jane; his two daughters; his stepdaughter; his brother; and four grandchildren,  

The Class of fers fond remembrances of our faithful vice president.