Robert O. Fulton ’33

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BOB FULTON died on March 5, 1990, in Los Angeles, where he had lived for many years, during the last of which he lived beside the fourth hole of the Los Angeles Country Club. Bob was born in Pittsburgh on Nov. 11, 1911. He prepared at Peabody High and Hun. In college he was a member of Key and Seal, and roomed with Clark Taylor.

After college Bob worked for the Union Trust Co. in Pittsburgh for three years, and then joined Allegheny Ludlum Steel in the sales department. He remained in the steel business until retirement, except for four years in the Navy in WWII. He became a It. commander.

After the war, Bob joined the Washington Steel Co. in Pittsburgh. In 1952 he moved to Los Angeles, forming a partnership, Wagner and Fulton, sales representatives for steel manufacturers. Later, after his partner's death, Bob became president of Calstrip Steel Corp., a subsidiary of Washington Steel, retiring in 1977.

On Oct. 13,1939, Bob married Elizabeth Mechling in Pittsburgh. They had three daughters, Ann, Elizabeth, and Penelope. Bob's wife died in 1971. In 1977, Bob married Elizabeth De Kruif Moore, an old friend from the Pittsburgh days. She survives him. Bob is also survived by a nephew and namesake, Robert Fulton McCracken '60, of Hinsdale, [If.

To all the family the Class of '33 extends its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1933

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