Robert Hill ’55

Born May 24, 1932, in Traverse City, Mich., Bob left the beautiful area of the Great Lakes to attend Princeton University. At Princeton Bob majored in mechanical engineering. He was a member of Campus Club and participated in JV football and intramural basketball, swimming, and track.

In life Bob had many different experiences. One that comes to mind was his assignment at Keflavic, Iceland, Air Force Base, arriving there in October 1957. There he gained a new perspective on his life. It was at this time he realized that to stay in the Air Force would mean many assignments overseas and away from his family. He returned to civilian life and pursued a career in engineering.

He and his wife, Mable, worked for GE for the last 17 years of their careers. They kept two homes, one in Fairfield, Ohio, and one in Sun City Center, Fla. Bob and Mable played golf and bridge. Bob raced his Sunfish and two radio-controlled sailboats and drove an ambulance every eighth day for the volunteer emergency squad.

Bob died Dec. 9, 2018, in Sun City Center, Fla., just shy of his 87th birthday.