Robert S. Fraser ’52

Bob graduated from Caledonia (N.Y.) High School. He left us after sophomore year to join the Army, and graduated from the University of Rochester in 1958. He went on to earn a master’s degree and a Ph.D. from Cornell.

From 1961 to 1967 his first job in teaching history was at Williams College. He then went to the University of Wisconsin at Eau Claire for the balance of his career until retiring in 1995 as professor of history and associate dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Off duty he was active on several library boards and other community organizations. He crossed the Atlantic 20 times by sea and visited all 26 historic English and Welsh cathedrals.

Bob died April 8, 2020. He is survived by his children, Anne, Amy, and Paul, to whom the class offers condolences, along with respect for Bob’s volunteer Army service to our country.