Robert M. Cox Jr. ’65 died unexpectedly of cardiac arrest on December 28, 2025, while on vacation in Aspen, Colorado. Robb came to Dartmouth from McKeesport, Pennsylvania, via Mercersburg Academy. An architecture major, he was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon. He was a captain in the Air Force during the Vietnam War, serving mainly in Japan. Back in Pennsylvania he worked with his father at Cox’s Department Store, a beloved local institution in McKeesport. With merchandising in his blood, he moved to Los Angeles to work in the fashion and retail industries, eventually joining the Simon Property Group as a specialist in major shopping mall development. There he met Karen Bell of Gloucester, Massachusetts; they married in 1985 and raised their family, which was the principal pleasure of Robb’s life. An avid outdoorsman and athlete, Robb’s other passions included skiing, biking, boating, music, dancing (with Karen), dogs, Westerns, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Robb adopted Gloucester as a second home and loved nothing more than sharing it with friends, especially by boat on a clear day out of Rocky Neck. A generous soul with a booming laugh and ready sense of humor, Robb would routinely wrap family and friends in great bear hugs of affection. He is survived by Karen; children Jenny, Molly (and fiancé Sam), and Will; and grandchildren Lilly and Jake.