Robert M. Minton ’40

Bob Minton graduated from Morristown [N.J.] H.S. in 1935, was accepted at Princeton, but since this was during the Depression, worked for a year as a runner on Wall Street. He then entered with us in the fall of 1936, creating a loss to '39, but bringing his wit and wisdom to the Class of '40.

He was managing editor of the Tiger, chair of the Undergraduate Dance Committee, and a member of Cannon Club. Following graduation he worked in Hollywood as a screenwriter, during which time he met and married Lal, his wife of 58 years.

Bob then became a reporter for the old World-Telegraph; then for many years abroad with Radio Free Europe before settling in Concord, Mass. As a freelance writer, his articles appeared in the nation's leading magazines. He also wrote several books, but he always had time for Princeton and his class, serving as class secretary and assembling our 50th reunion yearbook.

In Mexico in early 2000 he became ill and died on Mar. 9. His memorial service was attended by classmates Fuller, Sauer, Rogers, and Shultz. With Lal, their daughters, Cronan and Helena, and their three grandchildren, the class shares the loss.

The Class of 1940