Bob was one of the smartest and most perceptive people I ever knew. I learned a lot from him-almost like an older brother. Once, when I had to take a terrible job just to survive, he said, "John, there is never shame in earning a paycheck". These are wise words that can stick in your brains for a lifetime.
In hundreds of transactions with Bob I never had a cross word with that fine, principled man. Any time i was there we would talk for hours about business, economics, history, the benighted management and fortunes of the C&TS, or simply big picture stuff about the world. In a life with few real friends, he was one of them. God rest his soul.
