Robert G. Keller ’63

Bob died May 2, 2017, at home. He was an attorney and investor who lived in Manhattan.

Bob came to Princeton from Short Hills, N.J., majored in English, wrote a thesis on William Faulkner, wrestled during sophomore year, dined at Campus Club, and was an Orange Key guide. He roomed in 1903 Hall with Galloway, Hoffman, and Stevens. He sang and taught himself to play the guitar, often traveling to Manhattan to take part in music in Washington Square Park.

After college he became a Marine. Bob graduated from Columbia Law School and joined Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler. Having practiced real-estate law for years and upon success in stock-market trading, he began a 25-year endeavor of owning and managing apartment projects in New Jersey. After selling those, he continued as a successful investor. He also worked on novels, collected art, played music, and traveled to the West and to France. He wrote in one of our reunion books that he enjoyed “the cultural opportunities and female companionship available to a New York City bachelor.”

The class sends its sympathies to his brother, Bruce, of Kerrville, Texas.