Robert M. Davis ’42

Twink Davis died Sept. 1, 2013, at Pennswood Village in Newtown, Pa.

He grew up in Lawrenceville, N.J., where he attended the Lawrenceville School. At Princeton, Twink majored in geology and joined Cap and Gown.

Ten days after graduation from Princeton, Twink reported to Fort Bragg for basic training. Once this was completed, he was assigned first as an artillery officer with the 13th Armored Division and then as a forward artillery observer with Gen. Patton’s Third Army. In September 1944 he was wounded and spent six weeks in the hospital. In December 1944 he was back with his unit and stationed near St. Vith, Belgium, where the American Army experienced the fury of the German attack in the Battle of the Bulge. Twink participated in the successful repulse of the Germans and in the postwar occupation of Germany.

After the war, Twink married D.D. Nightingale and bought a dairy farm in Allentown, N.J. He also bought Newtown (Pa.) Hardware. In his hardware store, Twink purveyed the hunting and fishing equipment that supported the sports that he loved.

D.D. predeceased Twink. He is survived by his daughter, Mary Newcomb; his son, Robert Jr.; and two grandchildren. To them, the class sends sympathy.