Robert B. Zufall ’45

Bob died March 5, 2024, at age 99. He grew up in Irvington, N.J., and spent summers working on the family farm.

At Princeton, he studied engineering and pre-med but considered getting the highest mark in his freshman Shakespeare class as “my greatest academic accomplishment.” He played trumpet in the Band, rowed on the freshman crew, and wrote several poems and stories for the Nassau Lit. At his 25th reunion he wrote: “I am grateful for all Princeton did for me; happy to see women accepted.”

After sophomore year, he entered Harvard Medical School and joined the Navy V-12 program. From 1950 to 1952, he was a lieutenant and captain in the Medical Corps. He finished his urology residency at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan in 1954, then practiced urology in Dover, N.J. He married Kay Schwindt in 1947 and they had five children: Kathryn, Margaret, Ellen ’75, Nancy, and David.

Upon retirement, he and Kay started a small clinic for the underserved in Dover. Zufall Health now ranks among the top 10% of health centers in the country, serving more than 48,000 patients annually. They received the N.J. governor’s  Jefferson Award in 2009.