Robert Earle Anderson Jr. ’38

Bob died in Destin, Fla., on Apr. 4, 2001, after a long illness. He came to Princeton from Exeter and after Princeton graduated from Yale Law School.

In WWII he served on the Radford, the first destroyer back to the Philippines, and went through the picket line off Okinawa, where his ship was repeatedly attacked by kamikaze bombers. After the war, he practiced law for a Wall Street firm, then went to Sylvania as house counsel. Sylvania became GTE and Bob became its general counsel.

Bob retired early. He and his wife, Barbara, took their four children on a sailing trip around the Pacific. Ultimately, they made their home on Virgin Gorda, which served as home base for their many blue-water cruises up and down the Atlantic. After many years, they relocated to Destin.

Bob is survived by his wife, their children, Peter, Michael, Timothy, and Susan Figler, and nine grandchildren, to all of whom the class sends its sympathy.

The Class of 1938