Robert A. Price ’54

Robert A. Price ’54 of York, Maine, passed away November 10, 2024. Born in Medford, Massachusetts, he was a high school athlete who played on the 1947 Gator Bowl football team and was inducted into the Medford High School Hall of Fame. He did a postgraduate year at Vermont Academy and played hockey, continuing to compete on the hockey team at Dartmouth, where he majored in government and was a member of Sphinx and Delta Kappa Epsilon. Bob started his career in sales at Anchor Hocking in Lancaster, Ohio, after a two-year stint in the Army at Fort Carson, Colorado. He eventually settled in Darien, Connecticut, where he and wife “Babe” raised three children and two dogs. He was president of Darien Youth Hockey and coached and played in a hockey league with his two sons. In 1993 Bob and Babe retired to York. He made lifelong friends through school, work, sports, and community. He spent annual summer vacations at Moody Beach, Maine, with his closest high school friends. He will be remembered and missed for his sense of humor and quick wit, which attracted a fun group of friends. Bob is survived by Babe; children Lynne, Bob, and John; and four grandchildren.