Robert Loewi Altman ’38

At Princeton he earned a bachelor's in history and was a member of Whig-Clio and an associate member of Gateway Club. In 1944 and 1945, Bob served as a Japanese language translator for the Army. After the war Bob entered a series of small business ventures, learning as he went along. Finally, he became a successful freight claims consultant to large businesses.

Bob was a founding member and first president of Temple Beth Am in Amherst. He worked with a Braille group copying textbooks in Braille for vision-impaired people and for schools for the blind. He also volunteered with Habitat for Humanity. He received the Prime Time Award and the Ray of Hope award for his community service.

His recreational joys were golf, competitive tennis, and the piano. Bob's first wife, Norma Goldstein, died in 1986. He later married Peggy Gunzberger, the widow of a couple who were Bob and Norma's closest friends and who were married in a joint ceremony with them many years earlier.

The class extends sincere condolences to Peggy; Bob's son, Robert; his daughters, Karen and Donna; eight grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.