Robert D. Peck ’49
Bob died July 29, 1997, in Tallahassee, Fla. He was 73.
He prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy and, before entering Princeton, served three years in the Army's European theater of operations reaching the rank of corporal. At Princeton he played varsity baseball and football, and was a member of Ivy Club.
From what is known, Bob spent his early years after leaving Princeton as a salesman with Quaker Oats Co. He then moved to Florida where he joined the American Woods Product Co. as a vice president. By 1989 the company was known as Consolidated Forest Products, and Bob was general manager.
It is not known if Bob is survived by his wife, Marjorie, but they had a daughter, Sara, and three sons, Robert, William, and David. The class extends its condolences to them.
The Class of 1949
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