Robert R. Munoz ’27

Robert R. Munoz died Jan. 18, 1998, at his home in La Jolla, Calif.

Bob came to Princeton from Montclair Academy. He was a member of the 1927 Bric-a-Brac, photographic chairman of the Nassau Herald, and a member of Terrace Club. He majored in geology.

He became a petroleum geologist for the Continental Oil Co. of New Jersey. Later, he headed the Terrace Oil Co. of Evansville, Ind. Then he became v.p. of the Southwood Corp. Co., Inc., in Denver, and v.p. of the Santa Fe Corp. He was president of the Colorado Heart Assn., a trustee of the Mile High United Fund, and a member of the Metropolitan Council for Community Service.

During WWII, he served as a major in the economic branch of the Counter Intelligence Group at the Pentagon. After the war, he was president of the Rocky Mountain Assn. of Geology. A former member of the Alumni Council, he was class v.p. and held office as president, v.p., secretary, and treasurer of the Princeton Club of California.

He married Jimmy Loomis in 1928. She survives, as do their sons, Jim '61 and Robert Jr.

The Class of 1927