Robert B. Leahy ’59

Bob died Nov. 1, 2015, in Washington, D.C., with his two sons by his side.

Born into a Navy family in Newport News, Va., Bob spent his childhood years in naval bases from Virginia to Hawaii, and his teen years in Washington, where he attended the Landon School and met Marie Louise (“Mimi”) Slidell, whom he married in the summer after his Princeton graduation.

At Princeton, Bob majored in politics and dined at Cannon Club, but could usually be found at McCarter Theatre, polishing his leading roles in Triangle productions. After graduation and his marriage, he served as a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps, a fitting career start for a young officer whose father was Adm. William H. Leahy and grandfather was Fleet Adm. William D. Leahy, chief of staff to presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman throughout World War II.

But the service life was not for Bob, and upon his discharge from the Marines in 1962, he joined the brokerage firm of Folger, Nolan, Fleming & Douglas, where he forged a distinguished and rewarding 50-year career, interrupted only by an annual pilgrimage to the Caribbean with Mimi.

The class extends its sympathy to Mimi; sons Chris and Bill; and to his three grandchildren.