Robert Johnston III ’51

Bob was born Dec. 18, 1929, in New York City to Robert Johnston Jr. and Katharine Ballard Hyde Johnston. In 1939 the family moved to Cooperstown, N.Y., and Longview Farm. Bob went to grade school in Cooperstown and graduated from Phillips Andover Academy in 1947.  

At Princeton he majored in sociology, played in the band and orchestra, belonged to Court Club, and roomed with Dwight Degener, Bill Morris, and George O’Brien. He served as a lieutenant in the Army in Germany for three years, later working as a civilian employee for the Air Force in Wiesbaden.  

Commencing in 1960, he was employed by the European financial organizations of several U.S. corporations as vice president for finance, including Brunswick Corp., Sperry Rand, Honeywell, and Mohawk Data Sciences Corp. Thereafter he served as director of operations for the management-consulting firm of Alexander Proudfoot International in Brussels, Belgium, until his retirement in 1996.  

A resident of Mount Dora, Fla., and Aalst, Belgium, Bob died March 4, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Annie Van Driessche Johnston; daughter Vicky Wehner; son Robert; and grandchildren Celine and Cedric Johnston and Johanna Wehner.