Rudolph Eberstadt Jr. ’45

Rudy died Feb. 1, 2018.

He was born in Orange, N.J., and attended Newark Academy. His father was a member of the Class of 1917.

At Princeton Rudy was in the Quadrangle Club.

In World War II he was a sergeant in the Company A 573rd Signal Air Warning Battalion and 582nd Special Air Wing, where he served as a radar technician in Italy, France, Germany, and Austria. He was awarded the Bronze Star and Distinguished Unit Badge.

He started his career at Jones & Eberstadt in Detroit, selling production parts to the automotive industry. Then he joined Republic Industrial Corp., founded by his father, where he became CEO. He built the company into a Fortune 500 company. He later became CEO of Sucrest. He and his wife, Thea, retired to Boca Grande and later to Vero Beach, Fla.

Rudy was predeceased by his brother, Otis Webb Davey III, and grandson Rudolph Eberstadt IV. He is survived by his children Page Snow and Rudolph Eberstadt III; grandchildren Samantha, Natasha, and Peter; grandchildren Robbie, Henry, Jane, Anabel, and Fallon; and brother Andrew.