Robert H. Hastings ’60

Bob died of a heart attack July 2, 2002. He had a history of coronary disease.

Bob attended South Kent [Conn.] School, and at Princeton majored in French and history, taking his meals at Quadrangle Club. After Princeton, Bob studied in France and completed his doctorate at the U. of Nancy. He taught at the U. of Caen, where he met his first wife, Bobbi. He then earned a law degree at Berkeley, specializing in tax law and real estate. He developed wrap-around mortgages, which have become popular in commercial real estate.

After law school, Bob worked for Deloitte & Touche and lived in Bellevue, Wash. He returned to the San Francisco area to work for Security National Bank as vice president for real estate mortgages.

He left to become acquisitions officer for Adnan Khashoggi. They purchased the Bank of Contra Costa and Bob served as its president. He also owned a restaurant near Chico, Calif., obtained a securities license, and worked for Merrill Lynch.

Although not active as an alumnus, Bob is remembered as an energetic, intelligent, and cheerful dinner companion at Quadrangle. He is survived by Ann Hastings, and his children from his first marriage, Andrew, Guil, and Brad. To all of them, the class sends its condolences and best wishes.

The Class of 1960