Robert D. Schrock Jr. ’60

Bob came to Princeton via Phillips Exeter Academy. He joined the Chapel Choir and Glee Club, played rugby, ate at Cap and Gown, and majored in the Special Program in American Civilization, all while aiming toward medical school. He then earned a medical degree at Cornell Medical School in 1964 and married Carolyn Gorthy on graduation.

They embarked to Seattle, where Bob did his internship and rose to chief resident in orthopedics at Washington Medical School and Kings County Hospital in 1970. After Bob served two years with the Army Medical Corps, they settled in Rochester, N.Y. He began private practice in orthopedics and Carolyn resumed her youthful musical studies.

Bob taught at Rochester Medical School, was a leader in several medical associations, and was an active mentor to rising physicians. He continued in choral singing, often under Carolyn, who became director of a succession of church choirs. He remained active in tennis, sailing, and hiking. Retiring in 2004, they moved to Chapel Hill, N.C., and began to pursue art-related travel, Carolyn in pastels and Bob in photography.

Despite dealing with lymphoma from 2007 onward, Bob’s lifetime of fitness enabled him to cope and carry on for almost 20 years. He died Aug. 11, 2025. He is survived by Carolyn, their two children and their spouses; and four grandchildren.