Robert M. Brandin ’40

Bob died Feb. 6, 2003, after a sudden illness. Not long before, a PAW class notes column detailed his pleasure in being active, enjoying his life with his family, and savoring a successful diplomatic career. His wife, Barbara, died one day after him in the same hospital in Peterborough, N.H.

Bob prepared at Southside HS in Rockville Center, N.Y. At Princeton he majored in English, was on the freshman and JV football teams, and was a member of Tower Club.

After Pearl Harbor, he entered the State Department, where he performed consular and economic warfare work at the American Embassy in Madrid, along with special intelligence missions throughout southern France.

Postwar, Bob attended Columbia U. under the State Department's advanced economic study program. There, he met and married Barbara Lockton. His career with major responsibilities in American embassies in Europe and his work as political adviser to two supreme allied commanders were detailed in the recent class notes column.

After he retired, Bob was active in civic groups while lecturing in history at Franklin Pierce College and enjoying the occasional game of tennis. He is survived by daughter Robin, sons Christopher, Eric, and Raymond, and six grandchildren. To them all, his classmates extend their sincere condolences.

The Class of 1940