Robert E. Royes ’56

Our friend and classmate Bob Royes died peacefully April 18, 2011, at his home on Cape Cod. Army doctors discovered Bob had muscular dystrophy in the course of an ROTC physical our sophomore year. Fortunately, it progressed very slowly, allowing him to have a successful career in accounting/taxation and a fulfilling life with his family and friends.

Bob graduated from Plainfield (N.J.) High School. An economics major at Princeton, Bob was on the social committee at Terrace Club, played IAA tennis, and was a member of the Thirsty Thursday Club. His roommate senior year was Skip Banyard.  

After graduating, Bob earned an M.B.A. from Rutgers. After several years with Price Waterhouse he moved into private accounting in the tax area.

Before retiring to Cape Cod, Bob lived in New Jersey and attended many football games and all his five-year reunions through the 40th. Bob’s father graduated from Princeton in 1928.

Bob leaves his loyal and supportive wife, Julie; his sister, Helen; daughters Katie Boyd and Jenny Splaine and their husbands, Robert and Neal; and five granddaughters Emma, Sophie, Maggie, Lizzie, and Margot. We will remember Bob with affection as well as deep admiration and respect for a life well lived.