Robert J. Mahaffy ’51

Bob was born Aug. 1, 1929, in Oklahoma City to George C. and Hazel Gilmore Mahaffy and attended Tulsa Central School.

At Princeton he was an economics major, an announcer on WPRU, and a member of Quadrangle. He roomed with Ray Maxwell, Dick Stockham, and Bill Swearer. After graduation he went to OCS and served for three years as a Navy officer on aircraft carriers in the Pacific. He and Dulcy Lee Renne were married Jan. 28, 1955, in La Jolla, Calif.

Bob spent the majority of his professional career in the municipal-securities business, where he was a pioneer in tax-free financing within the health-care industry. He founded and was president of Municipal Securities Inc., which specialized in tax-exempt municipal-bond financing.

His was a tennis family; in fact, Dulcy was at one time president of the Kansas Tennis Association. For years, summers were divided between tennis tournaments and a beach house in Oregon.

Bob and Dulcy moved to a retirement center in Kansas City when he became increasingly forgetful. He died March 20, 2012, in the Kansas City Hospice House. He is survived by Dulcy; children Matthew, Megan (Mrs. Mark) Sutherland, and Tim; and eight grandchildren.