Robert E. Westlake ’40

Bob died Apr. 28, 2003, at his home in Stuart, Fla. He prepared at the Lawrenceville School, following his brother, Harry '37, to Princeton. He majored in chemistry and was elected to Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa. His club was Campus. This was followed by a degree from Columbia U. College of Physicians and Surgeons.

During WWII, Bob was a Naval medical officer aboard the destroyer USS Murray. Later he was clinical professor of medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical U. and maintained a private practice in internal medicine and cardiology in Syracuse until 1981.

He was also on the staff of SUNY Upstate Medical U. Hospital, Crouse-Irving Memorial Hospital, and Community-General Hospital. Bob was president of the American Society of Internal Medicine and the Onondaga County Heart Assn., a fellow of the American College of Physicians, and a consultant to the National Institutes of Health, the US Public Health Service, the Social Security Administration, and the Dept. of Defense.

Bob is survived by Agnes, his wife of 58 years; brother William '47; sons Robert Jr. '69, and Richard; daughter Barbara W. Walker '71; and six grandchildren, including granddaughters Kelcy Walker '01 and Brianna Walker '04. To them, his classmates extend their deepest sympathies.

The Class of 1940