Robert P. Teulings ’56 *66

Bob died Jan. 1, 2025, in Raleigh, N.C.

He came to Princeton from Montclair (N.J.) High School with a scholarship from the Montclair Princeton Alumni Association. He joined Dial Lodge, played IAA volleyball, majored in chemical engineering, and received a varsity letter for his work as manager of the Tiger baseball team. After graduation, Bob remained at Princeton, earning a Ph.D. in chemical engineering. While a graduate student, he met Elizabeth Powell and they got married in the University Chapel in 1959.

Armed with his doctorate, the couple moved to North Carolina, where Bob worked in research on synthetic textile fibers for the Chemstrand Co.

He later moved to the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development as a resources manager, where he led the effort to acquire and preserve prime land for the state parks system. Always interested in wildlife and especially birds, Bob found this work very satisfying. The University of North Carolina Press published his co-authored book Birds of the Carolinas, in multiple editions and described as “the well-loved standard reference for birdwatchers and nature lovers in North Carolina and South Carolina.”

In later years, he lived in Cary, N.C., where he is survived by his wife, Catherine Inge Teulings.