Robert Wardrop II ’35

Bob Wardrop died in Pittsburgh U.'s medical center on Sept. 4, 1999, at age 85. Born in Fort Wayne, Ind., son of W. Miller Wardrop 1899, he prepared for Princeton at Tower Hill School, Wilmington, Del., and at Choate, where he was wrestling manager and sang in the Glee Club. At Princeton, he majored in politics, rowed four years with the 150-lb. crew, was v.p. of Grenfell Club, and was a member of the Westminster Cabinet and Quadrangle Club. Twenty-five years later, at his 25th reunion, Bob proclaimed himself among the happiest of men. "I've had but one employer (Pittsburgh Plate Glass), one wife (the former Ann Power), three daughters (Alison, Constance, and Stacy), and I wouldn't change any of it," he wrote.

He reported constant address changes to his beloved Princeton during WWII, before leaving military service as a lt.-col. But by 1950 Detroit was home for the Wardrops. He ran PPG's offices there, headed the city's United Way campaign, and gave of his boundless energy to other civic groups. Then, it was back to Pittsburgh to join PPG's upper management team. He and Ann settled in Sewickley Heights, where Bob served multiple terms on the borough council and rededicated himself to a lifetime passion-tennis. He retired from PPG in 1990 and became pres. of Soltis Associates, an executive search team, until a second retirement in 1994. In addition to his devoted Ann and three daughters, he leaves two granddaughters (including Ada B. Combes '01). A brother, Edmund D. Wardrop '34, died in 1963.

The Class of 1935