Memorial: Bob Janover '52

Robert H. Janover '52 died January 7, 2005. He lived in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and his wife Bitsy and daughter Laura were with him when he died. A memorial gathering is to be held at the Janover home. Memorial gifts to the Princeton Class of 1952 in Bob's honor are suggested.

Bob's impressive career as a lawyer in New York, Washington, and Michigan is recounted in abbreviated form in Who's Who in America and in Bob's own livelier words in the Book of Our History. The BOH account includes comments on life in the U.S. Army [in Korea] ("a post-graduate education in humanity (as distinguished from the Humanities)"]; Harvard Law School, he wrote, "was a setback after Army life."

In private and corporate practice, in government civil rights activities, and in his pro bono work, Bob was enthusiastic about the law and devoted to the public interest. Princeton figured high in his priorities: he was President of the Princeton Club of Michigan in 1991-92, and he and Bitsy were present at two recent large Class gatherings, our 50th Reunion and the Washington Mini-Reunion.

[Taken from http://alumni.princeton.edu/~cl1952/memorials.htm]
[Note: I served as Treasurer of the Princeton Club of Michigan while Bob was President.]