Robert C. Clothier Jr. ’50

Bob died with his three children at his side Oct. 21, 2003.

He was born in Bryn Mawr, Pa. His father, Robert 1908, was president of Rutgers from 1932-51. Not surprisingly, Bob attended Rutgers Preparatory School. After graduating in 1943, he joined the Navy and served on two aircraft carriers in the South Pacific.

He was with us at Princeton for a brief time. Thereafter, he pursued careers in insurance and banking before becoming an administrator at the Haverford [Pa.[ School. He retired from there in 1988.

Bob was a man of many interests. A talented pianist, he loved to play Chopin and Bach. A train buff, he enjoyed an elaborate N-gauge layout. An avid chess player, he played against man and computer. A ham radio operator, he conversed in Morse code with hams around the world. An expert sailor, he vacationed yearly with his family on an island in Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia.

Bob was a kind and caring person, rooted in his Quaker heritage. To his two daughters, Anne Haydon '80 and Christina Moses; his son, Robert III '83; and seven grandchildren, the class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1950