Robert Fitzhugh Steinhoff ’42

Bob died Mar. 11, 1998, in the Evanston, Ill., hospital, after a five-year battle with blood cancer. He retired in 1990 from a career in advertising and the manufacture of specialty, decorative wood products. A dedicated Princetonian, Bob was president of the Princeton Club of Chicago, cochaired our 50th reunion, and was class president from 1992-97.

Having prepared at New Trier H.S., Bob majored in economics and joined Quadrangle club. He spent four years in the Army Signal Corps, in England, Australia, New Guinea, and the Philippines, during WWII.

After 20 years in the advertising business, with BBD&O and Needham, Louis & Brorby, Bob bought a small specialty wood products manufacturing business in Arkansas, which he managed until his retirement. A loving husband to Anna, who died in 1996, and father of five children, Bob always put others ahead of himself. The class has lost a caring member whose attitude and demeanor were always positive, right up to the end of his life. Eight classmates attended his memorial service in Winnetka, Bob's home for most of his life. To his five children, Ann, Dee, David, Scott, and Calvin, the class offers heartfelt sympathy, with the knowledge that their dad brought love and kindness into the lives of all who had the joy and privilege of knowing him.