Robert C. Blosser ’62 *70

Bob Blosser died April 17, 2013, of pulmonary fibrosis at home in Northport, N.Y.

Bob came to us from Cranford (N.J.) High School   — rejoining three classmates from Withrow High School in Cincinnati, which he also attended. Rooming with Al Reiner, Kim Parker, and Charlie Ferguson, Bob dined at Cloister, volunteered at WPRB, and majored in electrical engineering. With his Army ROTC commission he served in ordnance in West Germany, returning to work at RCA Laboratories and earning a Ph.D. at Princeton in electrical engineering (funded by RCA). Later he earned an MBA from John Carroll.

After a stint in Ohio working for Addressograph-Multigraph, Bob returned east to join Litton Systems and then a start-up laser-printer firm. His expertise in optics and electrical engineering lead to ventures on Long Island — yet he admitted that keeping up in his field was a continuing challenge.

Bob married Caryl-Lynn, his high-school sweetheart, in 1962, and they had three children. While Bob continued to support Princeton, he remained in awe of his classmates’ accomplishments while being modest about his own (three optics patents, election to Phi Beta Kappa, and an IEEE award). He enjoyed hiking and kayaking trips out West.

Caryl-Lynn died in 2004. The class extends sympathy to his children, John ’87, Susan, and Geoff, and his siblings.