Robert C. Johnston ’35

Bob died Dec. 4, 1998, at his home in Millbrook, N.Y. He was 85. He prepared at the Princeton Preparatory School and at Evander Childs H.S. in the Bronx, N.Y. At Princeton, he swam with the varsity swimming team, sang with the Glee Club, roomed with J.P. Gulick, and belonged to Terrace Club. He majored in civil engineering, graduating with second group honors.

That same year he joined the predecessor company of what is now Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers of NYC. He interrupted his job there to serve in WWII as a lieutenant in the Seabees with action in the Normandy landings on D-Day. Thereafter, Bob returned to his civilian career, where he became a widely renowned authority on the design of foundations for large structures. Outstanding are those he designed for the Chase Manhattan Bank in NYC and the U.S. Steel, Mellon, and Alcoa Buildings in Pittsburgh. He led the team that designed the bulkheads that created 100 acres of land and support for the buildings that now comprise NYC's Battery Park City. He retired as a partner of Mueser Rutledge in 1983.

Bob is survived by his wife of 59 years, Charlotte. To her, their daughter, Barbara Anderson, and their granddaughter, Hilary Adams, we extend our deep condolences.

The Class of 1935