Robert Holden Chapman ’36

Bob, an avid Princetonian, died Oct. 1, 2004, in Greensboro, N.C. He was 91.

A graduate of the Hotchkiss School, Bob majored in economics at Princeton, rowed on the lightweight crew, participated in Triangle Club shows, and was a member of Key and Seal. In 1938 he married Catherine "Kay" Ford Little of Detroit. He first worked for Montgomery Ward, and in 1940 joined the Standard Register Company. He held sales and management positions with that company, primarily in Dayton, Ohio, until he retired in 1978. Then he and Kay moved to Rockport, Maine, overlooking Penobscot Bay.

Bob was a 50-year member of SBEBSQSA, a national organization of barbershop quartet singers; Rotary Club; and Toastmasters International. In Maine, he was president of the Camden YMCA, a tennis coach, tutor of local students, and a visitor of shut-ins. In 1995, Bob and Kay moved to Friends Home West in Greensboro. He sang for several years with the Tarheel Chorus, which sang at his funeral Oct. 30 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Greensboro.

Bob is survived by Kay; their daughter, Lee Biederman; son Scott and his wife, Pam; three granddaughters; two grandsons; and six great-grandchildren.

The Class of 1936