Robert P. Tyler Jr. ’50

Bob died peacefully Sept. 24, 2011, in his home in Palm City, Fla.

He attended St. Louis Country Day School and then graduated from Lake Forest (Ill.) Academy. His earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology at Princeton, where he was a vice president of Dial Lodge.

After a brief job in Trenton, he received his commission at the Navy’s Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I. He served a year in Washington and finished his last two years in Japan. After his release from active duty, he joined the Simmons Co., where, after assignments in sales, merchandising, and planning, he was appointed its president in 1975. He was also a senior marketing executive at Fieldcrest Co. and was involved in the restaurant and real estate fields.

His wife, Maxine, whom he married in 1963, preceded him in death.

To his daughters, Tracy and Kimberly Ann; his sister, Ann; cousin Paxson Glenn; and four grandchildren, we send sympathy.