Robert Paul Stranahan ’51

Bob died Nov. 20, 1997, of cancer at his home in Bethesda, Md. He retired in 1994 from the noted Washington, D.C., law firm of Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, where he had been a partner for 32 years.

If the law was his vocation, surely music was Bob's avocation. He was a member of The Augmented Eight, a Washington-area close harmony a cappella group, and he appeared in annual shows of the famous Washington Gridiron Club.

Bob graduated cum laude from Mercersburg Academy, where he was president of the choir and v.p. of the glee club. At Princeton he earned his AB in the Woodrow Wilson School (S.P.I.A.), was business manager of the Nassoons, and sang with the Triangle Club, Glee Club, and Chapel Choir. He was a member of Colonial Club. He roomed with Tom McClure, Pope Lancaster, and Ford Van Hagen.

Bob's LLB from Harvard Law School came in 1954. He spent the next three years in the Marines, leaving as a first lieutenant.

Bob is survived by Louise, his wife of 41 years, son Robert, and daughters Susan and Carol. The class sends them its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1951