Robert E. Pruyne *58

Robert Pruyne, who spent his entire career with the Boston investment firm of Scudder, Stevens & Clark, died Oct. 8, 2010. He was 76, and had successfully fought Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), a degenerative disease, for 15 years.

Pruyne graduated from Amherst in 1956 and received a master’s degree in economics from Princeton in 1958. That year, he married, and he and his wife moved into the home in Wellesley, Mass., where they lived until his death.

He joined Scudder Stevens full time in 1958 as the second person in its bond department. He became a general partner and senior vice president for bonds in 1976 and managing director for bonds in 1985. He retired in 1995.

A fine tennis player and skier, he continued his activities after the onset of MSA despite the limitations. He had been active in many organizations. Devoted to his family, he attended school and sporting events of his grandchildren, even when confined to a wheelchair in recent years.

Pruyne is survived by Carolyn, his wife of 52 years; three children; and eight grandchildren. A daughter died in 1999.

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