Robert K. Mardfin ’36

Bob, a resident of the Seabrook in Hilton Head Island, S.C., died Oct. 28, 2004.

A graduate of the Horace Mann School in Riverdale, N.Y., he majored in modern languages at Princeton and was a member of Tower Club. In 1939 Harvard awarded him a law degree.

During World War II Bob served in the Army's Internal Security Division. For 33 years he worked mostly in employee relations for Standard Oil of New Jersey, later Exxon. He retired in 1976, after raising his family in Darien, Conn. On Hilton Head Island he was a member of both the Sea Pines and Bear Creek golf clubs. In 1986 he won the Sea Pines club championship at age 71. During his lifetime he had three holes in one. His hobby was collecting golf balls with different logos and his collection totaled 7,352. He disposed of his collection in 2002. Bob was a life master of the American Contract Bridge League.

His wife of 61 years, Doris "Rusty" Ward Mardfin, died in 2002. He is survived by a son, Douglas Ward; daughters Janet and Gail; a daughter-in-law, Jean Kadooka Mardfin; son-in-law Thomas Concannon; four grandchildren; his sister, Barbara Miller; and three nephews.

The Class of 1936