Robert Warren Leute Bross ’41

Robert Bross of Atlantic Beach, Fla., died Jan. 25, 2007.

At Princeton he majored in modern languages and graduated with honors.

Robert served 27 years in the Marine Corps, rising to the rank of colonel. During his military career he was assistant Naval attaché to the American embassy in Moscow, worked with the First Marine Air Wing in Iwakuni, Japan, and was staff secretary to the commandant at Marine Corps headquarters in Washington, D.C.

During the 1960s he was commanding officer of the 6th Marine Regiment in Camp Lejeune, N.C., and was involved in the Cuban missile crisis. He also was a professor of naval science at Tulane University, where he earned a master’s in Slavic languages. His last assignment was as an adviser to the Republic of Korea Marine Corps in Seoul, South Korea.

After his retirement from the military, he taught foreign languages for 14 years at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va. He retired as assistant headmaster to move to Hilton Head, S.C., in 1982.

In 1991, Robert and his wife, Pat, moved to Atlantic Beach, where he sang in Christ Church Episcopal Choir and participated in the Vintage Players Theater Group.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Patricia McHenry Bross; two sons, Gary and Alan; a daughter, Nanci Bross-Fregonara; and four grandchildren.