Robert Clements ’54

Robert Clements ’54 passed away on September 4, 2010, after a long illness. Bob entered Dartmouth from Evanston (Illinois) High School and was a government major and a brother of Alpha Delta. He served in the Army following graduation. In 1957 Bob started as an underwriting trainee with the Royal Insurance Co. He became president and CEO of Marsh & McLennan’s brokerage business in 1987 and then served as president and vice chairman of Marsh Mac’s parent company, MMC. Bob later founded and served as CEO of MMC’s private equity business, MMC Capital, before retiring from Marsh Mac in 1996. Following his retirement Bob launched the Arch Capital Group, a provider of high-risk insurance and reinsurance. In 2005 he founded Intergo Insurance Brokers. He also helped establish Ace Ltd., XL Capital Ltd., Mid-Ocean Reinsurance Ltd. and Ironside Ltd. In Bermuda Bob served as chairman of the Risk Foundation, chairman of the board of overseers of the school of risk management at St. Johns University and as an overseer of the Institute for Civil Justice. He had also served the U.S. government as a member of its services policy advisory committee and the president’s advisory committee on product liability. Bob received the Free Enterprise Award in 1987. He was inducted into the Insurance Hall of Fame in 2007. Bob and his family established the Robert Clements Professorship of Democracy and Politics at Dartmouth. Bob’s wife, Marilyn, children Paula, John ’83, Jeffrey and Ben ’86 and 12 grandchildren survive him.