Robert Pollard Dilks ’45

"Bud" died Dec. 5, 1999. Bud entered Princeton as a resident of the town, having prepared at the Hun School. At Princeton he joined Cannon Club and was a member of the varsity crew. Appropriately, he served in the Navy as an officer in the amphibious corps and saw combat in the Pacific. At the end of WWII, he married the former Eileen Wheeler of Beverly Hills and, after earning his degree in economics from Princeton in 1947, he moved to California, where he resided for the rest of his life. Bud devoted his career to human resources management and retired in 1985 after 20 years with the Syntex Corp. in Palo Alto.

Bud's 50th reunion book submission concluded by thanking all of his classmates for their friendship during his years at Old Nassau. Reciprocating, we extend our sympathy to Eileen and our congratulations on the happy 55 years of marriage, for which Bud expressed his obvious appreciation.

The Class of 1945

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