ROBERT C. BENDER ’58

ROBERT C. BENDER, 75, the retired CEO of Bender-Loudon Motor Freight, a multi-state trucking company, died Mar. 24, 2012. A member of Eclectic, he was a U.S. Army veteran and studied at Northwestern and Harvard universities. While he was in line for Wesleyan graduation, he was signed to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates, which he did for a year. He was a trustee of Western Reserve Academy for 16 years. Among those who survive are his wife, Donna Reycraft Bender, four children, two sisters, and eight nieces and nephews.