Robert E. L. Taylor Jr. ’35

Born in Norfolk, Va., he came to Princeton from Gilman School in Baltimore and Episcopal Academy in Alexandria, Va. At Princeton he majored in English, lettered in soccer, was a member of the Undergraduate Council and the Interclub Committee, and served as president of Ivy Club. He roomed with C.B. Colmore Jr.  

Bob loved international travel, golf, and skiing. He spent his career with The Philadelphia Bulletin, interrupted only by service in the Navy during World War II. In 1963, Bob and the city editor, risking jail, won a famous test case of a reporter’s privilege to conceal the identity of his sources. He became publisher in 1964, when The Bulletin dominated Philadelphia, and later was elected to the board of directors of the Associated Press. But The Bulletin faded — as did many evening newspapers — in the face of television and morning competition. The Bulletin was sold in 1981.  

Twice widowed, Bob is survived by his son, Robert ’69; two daughters, Wendy Foulke and Leelee Stege; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. We join in mourning their loss.