Robert Homan Craft Jr. ’61

Bob died at home in Washington, D.C. March 15, 2024, after a five-year struggle with pancreatic cancer.

Born in New York City, he came to us from Scarsdale High School. At Princeton, he was in the Woodrow Wilson School and was a Keyceptor and a member of the Intercollegiate Committee and the Undergraduate Schools Committee. He played 150-pound football and took his meals at Cap and Gown, of which he was president. He roomed with Jerry Norton, Clark Woolley, John MacMurray, George Waters, and Stan Baldwin.

Following a B.A. in jurisprudence at Oxford and an LL.B. at Harvard Law School, Bob embarked on a 38-year career with Sullivan & Cromwell, at first in New York, and then in Washington. He spent two years with the State Department and the SEC before helping to found the firm’s Washington office. He served there as managing partner and retired in 2006. During his extraordinary career he worked with virtually every major investment bank in national and international markets. Among his many extracurricular activities were the opera, his beloved Camp Dudley, and coaching Little League baseball. He was a loyal and supportive classmate.

Bob is survived by his wife of 53 years, Jamie; and sons Tiger and Ford and their families, which include five grandchildren.