Robert Henry Johnston ’37

Bob Johnston died June 12, 2007.

He was born in Philadelphia and prepared at Overbrook High School, where he was active in student government and dramatics.

At Princeton he majored in biology, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated with high honors. He was a member of Dial Lodge.

After Princeton, Bob entered the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and did an internship at the Germantown Dispensary and Hospital. He specialized in diseases of the chest and became chief medical resident at the Delaware County (Pa.) Hospital.

In 1944 he entered the Army and became a captain, serving in France and Germany and working with nine Army Medical Corps hospitals, ending with the Veterans Administration. For his experience in Normandy and the Rhineland he was awarded the Bronze Star. After the war he became medical director of the Haverford Township (Pa.) schools and worked with the Veterans Administration on chest diseases. He also worked with the Pennsylvania Department of Health as a tuberculosis clinician and consultant.

In 1940, Bob married Margaret Riley, and they became the parents of two sons and a daughter and grandparents of six grandsons and four granddaughters. We shall miss this talented classmate, and send our sympathy to his family and friends.