Deceased June 11, 2016
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In Memory
Bob Ellis died on June 11, 2016. At Amherst Bob was a member of Beta Theta Pi. He played football his junior year, soccer his sophomore year and wrestling his freshman, sophomore and junior years. He sang in the Glee Club and was a member of the Loyal Sons of Hampshire his senior year. He received a B.A. in mathematics.
A navy flight pilot during World War II, he earned an M.B.A. from New York University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
I have no information about his personal life after the war other than that he had two sons from his first marriage and is survived by his second wife, Marta.
Shortly before he died, he flew a World War II Piper Warrior over Venice Beach, Fla. His copilot was impressed with his flying skills. He had not flown since the war.
Monty Hankin ’43