Robert Schiffner ’71

We unexpectedly lost Bob Schiffner to a heart attack during a neighborhood walk Oct. 27, 2015.

Schiff was born in Syracuse, N.Y., and grew up in Wharton, N.J., where he was a standout scholar-athlete at Morris Hills High School. At Princeton, he was a member of Cannon, roomed with Bernie Barrett in Patton, and graduated with honors in statistics.

He came from an athletic family. His father, Robert Sr., was captain of the Syracuse University football team and his son, Jeff, was an All-Ivy shooting guard at Penn. Schiff focused on baseball and had an outstanding career at Princeton. Known to teammates as El Grandes Bopper, he was first-team, all-league first baseman for three varsity seasons. Drafted by the Yankees after graduation, he played in the minor leagues before earning his MBA from Rutgers.

Schiff worked at Nabisco and then with Campbell Soup Co. in Camden, N.J., where he was CFO before retiring in 2008. He lived in Chester, N.J., for 25 years and coached many youth baseball and basketball teams. Classmates remember him as a good friend and teammate and devoted family man.

The class extends condolences to his wife, Marjorie; his children, Jeff and Amy; and the rest of his family.