Robert Penniman Hulburd ’43

Bob died Aug. 5, 1995, at Blake Hospital in Bradenton, Fla., following a long battle with cancer. He was 74.

Bob juggled three careers with outstanding success: all-American lacrosse player while at Princeton, two-time New England Coach of the Year in the same sport, and chairman of the German department at Phillips Academy. He also coached football and hockey.

A native of Exeter, N.H., where his father was chairman of the math department at Phillips, Bob graduated from Princeton cum laude and joined the Navy. Discharged as a lieut. j.g. in 1946, Bob was to make a total of 88 channel crossings aboard various landing craft. His LST was the second ship to land on the Normandy beaches June 6, 1944.

Bob is survived by his three children, Holly, Lindsey Walker, Robert P. Jr., and by three grandchildren.

Our classmate Josh Miner, a friend of Bob's for nearly 60 years, perhaps summed up his character and life as well as anyone could, when he told the N.Y. Times, "Bob was one of the most genial, attractive, popular people you could imagine."

To his survivors, we extend our deepest and most heartfelt sympathies.

The Class of 1943