Robert O J. Donovan ’54

Bob died Nov. 24, 2005, at his home in North Windham, Conn.

Born in Newburgh, N.Y., Bob prepared for college at Newburgh Free Academy. At Princeton, he majored in chemical engineering, was a member of Dial Lodge, and was active in many IAA sports and the Aquinas Foundation.

After graduation, he worked as an engineer of Sacony Mobil and then studied theology at St. Joseph's University in Philadelphia. He subsequently joined the Benedictine monastic community at Newton, N.J. He left the monastery in 1963 and began a 35-year career as a mathematics teacher. He received a master's in mathematics at Brown University and then taught in Norwich, Conn., until his retirement in 1998.

Bob was a longtime member of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish and was deeply devoted to his family and his Catholic faith.

The class extends its condolences to his sons, Robert and Stephen; daughter Mary; a stepson; two brothers and two sisters; and many nieces and nephews.

The Class of 1954