Robert C. Peace *61

Robert Peace, retired vice president of Florida Rock Industries (FRI), died Dec. 5, 2014. He was 82.

Peace graduated as a civil engineer from the University of Houston in 1954. He joined the Navy in 1955, then attended Officer Candidate School, and later Princeton, where he earned a master’s degree in civil engineering in 1961, and served in ports in Charleston, S.C., Spain, and Guam.

From 1970 to 1973, Peace was the director of the Port Authority in Jacksonville, Fla. Later, he joined FRI, from which he eventually retired. At FRI, he ran the aggregates division, then the sand mines, and then a special corporate-support group. Peace considered his greatest successes at FRI to be his leadership of the Total Quality Management initiative and mentoring young employees.

Peace was a competitive golfer, enthusiastic fisherman, and avid photographer. In retirement, he continued to enjoy these activities in Virginia, first in Williamsburg and then for his last five years at Covenant Woods, a retirement community in Mechanicsville.

He was predeceased by his wife, Evelyn, in August 2014. Two daughters and four grandchildren survive him.

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