Robert Roth ’50

Bob died June 7, 2015.

He graduated from Mamaroneck (N.Y.) High School and served in the Navy before entering Princeton. Bob was on the swimming team and was a member of Charter. A few months after graduating with a civil engineering degree, he married Jean Kronfeld, whom he had known since he was 12.

Bob held a variety of engineering positions in New Jersey and New York until 1961. During that time he took classes at NYU at night and earned a master’s degree in civil engineering. He spent the next five years in Florida, working for Dade County and teaching at Miami-Dade County Junior College. Seeking a change, he entered the federal service in Athens, Ga., as a training engineer at Southeast Water Laboratory, where he specialized in pollution control. In 1972, Bob transferred to the Environmental Protection Agency office in Atlanta and worked there until retiring in 1989. After a brief consulting stint, he fully retired in 1995.

At our 50th reunion, Bob reported that he had entered a master’s swimming program and was back in the pool “where [he] always belonged.” Bob and Jean were active in their church and shared many hobbies before her death in 2010.

He is survived by his children, Laurel and Robert; and two grandchildren.