Robert S. Dumper ’37

ADVERTISER AND ENTHUSIASTIC Princetonian Bob Dumper died Dec. 7, 1994, after a long illness. He left his widow, Polly; son Bob "Robin" Jr. '42; step­daughter Cynthia; and grandchildren David, Adam, and Audrey. His brother Sargent '26 had died in 1987.

At Morristown School, Bob was on the football, hockey, and baseball teams. At Princeton, he played freshman football and freshman and varsity lacrosse. He majored in English, was in Triangle Club, and was a member of Colonial.

He first went to work for the Newark Evening News in the advertising department, but in 1939, switched over to Time, Inc., doing advertising for Life. Next came four years in the Army tank-destroying. He served in six major campaigns in the E.T.O. and earned two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. He was discharged as a captain. He then rejoined Time, and traveled extensively, including trips to Europe and Latin America.

By 1951, he was international advertising director, at Life's U.S. edition, covering accounts on the Continent and Great Britain and covering Princeton Annual Giving there until Life collapsed in 1972. After that, he retired to Nantucket, which proved too cold in the winter, so he moved to '37 haven Vero Beach in 1975. We send our sympathy to the family.