Robert Benjamin Mesrobian ’45 *47

BOB MESROBIAN died Jan. 11, 1992, at YaleNew Haven Hospital, after a long illness.

Bob entered Princeton from the McBurney School. He was a resident of Forest Hills, N.Y. After obtaining his Ph.D. in chemistry from Princeton in 1947, Bob joined the faculty of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He married the former Evelyn Luhrs in 1950. During Bob's teaching career he had an opportunity to serve as a visiting professor in Belgium and in the Netherlands, and published many technical articles and textbooks dealing with high polymer chemistry and radiation chemistry.

In 1956 Bob left academic life to join the Continental Can Company, with which he was associated for the remainder of his career. In 1964 he was placed in charge of Continental's Chicago Technical Center and he lived for many years in the Chicago area, before returning to New York and taking up residence in Westport, Conn., his home at the time of his death.

During his long and highly successful career with Continental, Bob was a consultant to Broohaven National Laboratory; a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Science and Technology Committee; and a technical adviser on the U.S. delegation to the second U.N. International Conference on the Peaceful Use of Atomic Energy,

Retiring from Continental in 1983, Bob joined Viatech, Inc., of Syosset, L.I., as V.P. in charge of their technology, the role he had occupied at Continental.

In addition to Evelyn, Bob is survived by 5 children, Robert '73, John '75, Peter '81, James '85, and Carole Benco, and by seven grandchildren, to all of whom the Class extends its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1945