Roger Wilbur Schmidt ’42

Roger, former financial adviser with New England Mutual Life Insurance Co., died peacefully Sept. 5, 2004, at home in Charlottesville, Va.

An honors graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, at Princeton he earned high honors in mechanical engineering and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. Roger was a founding member of the Nassoons, played varsity soccer, and was a member of Cloister Inn.

After graduation, during World War II, Roger worked for Norden Laboratories developing mission-critical autopilot systems and bombsights. By 1953 Roger had found his niche as an independent financial consultant, after serving New England Life as general agent in the Schmidt Agency. His consultancy, headquartered in the Waldorf Astoria, grew to include all financial-planning areas.

In 1985 he and his wife, Jeanne Boland Schmidt, moved to the Hawaiian Islands and lived both on Maui and Oahu. Ten years later they returned to the mainland and settled in Charlottesville. For five years Roger was a dedicated and loyal volunteer at Martha Jefferson Hospital as a patient advocate. He also tutored public-school students.

To Jeanne, Roger's surviving sons Bradford and Peter, three stepdaughters, and eight grandchildren. the class extends its deepest condolences.

The Class of 1942