Robert Henderson Clarke ’45

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Bob Clarke died Aug. 9, 2001, with the loss reported to Princeton this year.  

Bob entered Princeton from Mount Lebanon (Pa.) High, and joined Dial Lodge. He received a degree in chemistry from Princeton in 1945 and later received a medical degree in Cleveland.  

In 1948 he married Emma Webb of Riverside, Calif., and they moved to Maryland. Subsequently, he moved to Pittsburgh and continued his specialization as an anesthesiologist.  

Bob is survived by his second wife, Antoinette; and his brother, Charles E. Clarke ’44. The class expresses its sympathy to the family.

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