Robert Leon Grosjean ’32

Bob Grosjean, a truly international man, died after a short illness Dec. 4, 1995, in Brussels, Belgium.

After graduate work at MIT, Bob joined the Birds Eye Co., and in 1937 he engineered the first railroad shipment in Europe of Birds Eye frozen foods and freezers to the American embassy in Moscow. With the fall of Belgium in 1940, Bob became an American citizen and volunteered as a private in the Army. Soon commissioned as a first lt., he served in the message center for the joint chiefs of staff in Washington, D.C. His fluency in four languages led him to the U.S. intelligence corps in London as attache to the GovernmentsInExile. After DDay, he served in France and Belgium, closing his military career with the rank of lt. colonel. After the war, he was for 30 years an executive with General Foods Intl., establishing offices in Frankfurt and Hamburg and building Germany's first instant-coffee plant. He also helped run a family-owned real estate business in Brussels.

Along with his interest in ecological and conservation projects, Bob was an accomplished mountaineer, conquering the highest peaks of the Swiss, French and Italian Alps.

The class extends its sincere condolences to Bob's survivors: his wife, Penelope du Vivier Grosjean; three daughters, Marilen Tilt, Diahne and Mia; and four grandchildren. We shall miss him.

The Class of 1932