Robert Cushman Eberle ’41

Bob died June 27, 2000, in Sarasota, Fla.

A devotee of Wagner and Goethe, Bob showed early interest in Nietzsche at Brooklyn's Poly-Prep.

He was Princeton Cane Spree's first freshman winner. As wrestling capt., Bob won two Eastern Intercollegiate Championships from 1940-41, an unbroken record.

He graduated in biology, then spent two years in medicine at Columbia, leaving to serve as army lt. in medical administration.

In 1948, he obtained an MA in drama from UNC-Chapel Hill. He soon started one of the first winter stock theaters in Florida, eventually becoming a prime-time television director at NBC, (Kate Smith Show - high point working with Balanchine). At WOR, while casting Harlem Detective, he resisted pressure from McCarthy's Red Channels.

Dearly loved by family and friends, he is survived by Mary Hanchette, his wife of 54 years, children Ruth, Robert, Russell, and three grandchildren.

We shall miss this mighty welterweight.

The Class of 1941