Robert Henry Hall ’48

Bob Hall died March 14, 2004.

He was a graduate of Hackensack High School and attended Drew University for three terms before transferring to Princeton in the Navy V-12 program. He was with us only briefly, leaving in 1947 to join a Colgate-Palmolive Co. training program.

Bob's professional career was with Colgate-Palmolive until his retirement in 1985. He climbed the ranks from office manager to plant controller to director of budgets to chairman and managing director in the United Kingdom, then to vice president of the international division, and finally to corporate vice president. All the while, he said, "I've faithfully forwarded my contribution to Annual Giving, paid my class dues relatively promptly, cheered our Tigers at athletic contests, was an on-off member of Princeton clubs around the globe, and, oddly enough, I have yet to spot a fellow classmate in all these years."

Bob's beloved wife, Mimi, died in 1997. To his children, Candace, Robert, Christopher, and Bettina; seven grandchildren; and a great-grandchild, the class offers its condolences. Such loyalty after such a short stay with us is an inspiration.

The Class of 1948