Robert Wohlforth ’26

Bob Wohlforth, a resident of Ridgefield, Conn., for more than 67 years, died of heart failure May 9, 1997.

Bob entered Princeton from the Peddie School but left in 1923 to enter West Point. In the late 1930s, Bob became a newspaper reporter and writer, which led to work with congressional committees. In 1939 he was appointed to the antitrust division of the Dept. of Justice. During WWII, he headed an investigation of economic connections of the Nazis. In 1952 he became associated with a new publishing group that became Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He was its treasurer until he retired in the mid-1980s.

Bob married Mildred E. Gilman in 1930. Mildred was a well-known writer, who prior to her death in 1994, produced a number of novels. Bob devoted a great deal of time to community service and helped write Ridgefield's first zoning ordinance. He served as cosecretary of the class for the five-year term ending in 1991, and with his cosecretary edited the "Summer Summary" with the idea of making it a journal to bring out the writing talent in the class.

Bob is survived by two sons, Eric and Tim, four grandsons, and five great-grandchildren, to all of whom the class extends its deep sympathy. The class expresses its gratitude for Bob's many contributions to the life of the class.

The Class of 1926