Robert Fay Allen ’45

Bob died Aug. 11, 2015.

Bob entered Princeton from Mamaroneck High School and joined Campus Club. After receiving his degree in mechanical engineering, he joined the Carrier Corp. in Syracuse, N.Y. Bob represented Carrier in the Westchester County area as a vice president in sales. His assignments took him to Dallas, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Bob expressed his appreciation for his Princeton years and regretted that his business and family priorities prevented him from making contacts with his classmates.

At Carrier, Bob rose through the ranks and retired in 1987 as chairman and CEO.

Bob served as director of numerous corporate organizations, including Chase Lincoln Bank, Manufacturers Association of Central New York, and as chairman of the Greater Syracuse Chamber of Commerce. Bob was a trustee of LeMoyne College and Syracuse University.

He met Vivian Rott in San Francisco, and they married in 1951. She predeceased him in 2013, but Bob is survived by children Kathleen, Joan, Barbara, Thomas, and Robert; and six grandchildren. The class expresses its sympathy to the family.