Robert L. Waldron II ’58

Bob died Nov. 13, 2021, in Columbia, S.C. He was 85.

He came to Princeton from West Rockford High in Rockford, Ill., where he was valedictorian of his class, played football and basketball, and was active in student government. 

At Princeton he was a member of the sophomore bicker committee, and after joining Ivy Club he served in the same capacity. Bob was triply honored by being elected president of the Undergraduate Council, vice president of the class, and vice president of Ivy. A pre-med, he majored in biology. He roomed with Neil Chrisman, Steve Rockefeller, Doug Levick, Jerry Rigg, and Dave Kerr. 

Bob graduated from Harvard Medical School, interned at Massachusetts General Hospital, and served in the Peace Corps in Panama and Chile. After practicing radiology at Harvard and Columbia, and then in California, he settled in South Carolina in 1980, where he was chief of radiology at Richland Memorial Hospital and professor of clinical radiology at the University of South Carolina. He was the author or co-author of 32 scientific papers.

Bob is survived by his wife, Sandra; his sons Rick ’84, Rob, and Burton Johnson; and four grandchildren. He was predeceased by his son Ryan. The class extends its deepest sympathy to them all.