William C. Roberts ’30

Bill, who was our class secretary for the past five years, died Feb. 13, 1999, following a short illness.

He prepared at Haverford School. At Princeton, he danced for Triangle Club, joined Charter, captained the ROTC Officers Club, and was in charge of the Princeton Summer Camp. He majored in geology. After graduation, he headed to California and worked for Chevron until his retirement in El Paso in 1965. He served in WWII for 52 months and remained an active reservist. In Jan. 1966 he started B. R. Sales Inc. in El Paso, marketing service-station and material-handling equipment in the Southwest. He turned this business over to his son in Jan. 1998.

His civic activities are indeed impressive: v.p. of the class, and four terms as president and chairman of school and scholarship committee for the Princeton Club of El Paso. He was also active in the Masons, the Presbyterian Church, and many other organizations.

Bill married Elizabeth Mather in 1933. She died in Feb. 1989. In 1970 Bill married Lorayne Milburn, who died in 1997, and enjoyed a second family. He is survived by his children, Katherine E. R. Menhennet and William M. '59, three grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren.

The class extends its deepest sympathy to his family.

The Class of 1930