Robert T. Madden ’54

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Bob died suddenly on Oct. 12, 2002. He was born in Orange, N.J. His major at Princeton was politics. After graduation, he obtained his law degree at Indiana U. Law School. He served with the Coast Guard in Boston as an intelligence officer. He founded R.T. Madden Inc., an investment banking firm in NYC, specializing in private placements. During his professional career, he also worked for Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., became a partner with Kidder Peabody and Solomon Brothers, and was an adjunct professor at Fordham U. Graduate School for 10 years, where he taught investment banking. He was a board member of the Portsmouth Abbey School. He is survived by Michelle, his wife of 41 years; sons, Robert Jr., Joshua, and Mark; a daughter, Melissa Crowley; brother, Richard; and three grandchildren. The class extends is condolences.

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