Roger J. Schuler ’49

In 1945, when Princeton was still on a three-semester wartime schedule, we ’49ers who arrived on the first of July as the first civilian class were surprised to find a group of Navy V-12 sailors already on campus, attending classes just like any other group of students. As the war ended, some of these servicemen stayed on at Princeton to continue their education with us civilians. Some of them graduated, some did not.

One of the latter group was Roger, who left after one semester and went to work for the Hartford Insurance Group. He spent 16 years with that company, ending up in Houston as its regional manager.

Roger always retained his membership in the Class of 1949, despite fairly infrequent contact. He married Elizabeth Jane “B.J.” Michel in 1950, and they had three children, Roger Jr., Sherryl, and Laurie.

In 1977 Roger joined Southern Marine Underwriters in New Orleans. He retired as its chairman in 1985 and returned to Texas, and died Jan. 12, 2019, in Houston.

Roger was predeceased by B.J. He is survived by their three children, four grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. We offer our sympathy  and condolences to them all.