Robert A. Crosby Sr. ’49

Bob Crosby died Oct. 28, 2012, at his home in Jacksonville, Vt.

Bob was born July 21, 1924, in Springfield, Mass. He graduated from Classical High School in 1942 and from Mount Hermon School in 1943. War took him into the Navy, to the Normandy landings, and to OCS. The Navy V-12 program brought him to Wesleyan University and then to Princeton. After his honorable discharge in 1945, Bob returned to Wesleyan to earn his bachelor’s degree in 1949.

Bob had a career in sales in the textile industry. He worked for a time for Berkshire Fine Spinning Associates and then joined Springs Mills Inc., becoming a vice president of the company. He and his wife, Luanne Mace Crosby, were active in many community causes, particularly the Deerfield Valley Health Center. Before retiring to Jacksonville in 1985, they lived in Stamford, Conn. Bob loved his golf wherever he was.

Luanne survives him, as do their three children, Diane, Robert A. Jr., and Peter, and several grandchildren. The class extends its sympathy to them all.