Robert L. Churchill ’30 *31

Robert L. Churchill, Eastman executive and former president of Eastman Chemical Products Inc., died Sept. 16, 1997, in Kingsport, Tenn. He was 89.

Robert was born in Phillipsburg, N.J., and was educated in public schools there before attending Mercersburg Academy in Pennsylvania. He graduated with a bachelor of chemical engineering degree, and later earned a master's in chemical engineering.

Robert began his career with Eastman Kodak in Rochester, N.Y., in 1931. He moved to Kingsport in 1932 to join Tennessee Eastman Co., and retired in 1973 as the president of Kodak's marketing sales subsidiary for the chemical division.

Robert and Louise Hill were married in 1934 and have lived in Kingsport ever since. Robert was a past president of Kingsport Kiwanis Club. An avid golfer, he was a member of Ridgefields Country Club. He was a member and former elder of the First Presbyterian Church in Kingsport.

In addition to his wife, Robert is survived by three children, James A. '57, Catherine C. Collette, and Frederick A. '64, eight grandchildren, and a great-grandchild. To his survivors the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1930