Robertson Hadley Wendt ’50

Bob died while taking a walk at his home in Blythewood, S.C., on Nov. 12, 1999. He was 74.

His preparation for Princeton began at Richmond Hill H.S. in New York. He spent the next three years in the Marine Corps.

At Princeton Bob was manager of the "Princeton in Portrait Calendar" agency and graduated with a degree in economics. Back in the Marines, at the outset of the Korean conflict, he taught English at the USMC Institute in Washington for a year.

Bob went to Columbia, S.C., where he married his fiancee and joined Merrill Lynch. He retired from the firm as a financial consultant in 1991.

A devoted Princeton alumnus, Bob served for many years on the schools committee and was one of the founders of the Princeton Club of South Carolina. Since moving to Columbia, he had been a member of the Eastminster Presbyterian Church, serving as deacon and elder. He was also a member of the Forest Lake Club.

Bob is survived by his wife of 47 years, Mary Frances, three sons, Robertson H. Jr., James M., and Edward K. '86, a daughter, Catherine M. Wendt, and a granddaughter, to whom the class offers its deepest sympathies.

The Class of 1950