Reader Response Michael M. Peters ’59

Bob Kresko ’59 passed away in April (Obituaries, Sept./Oct. ’20). His contributions to Brown, the Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis Museum of Art, St. Mary’s high school in St. Louis, and many other gifts are legendary. Bob served as a Brown Trustee and created scholarships for future Brown students in perpetuity. He was a devoted husband to his wife, Dorotha Nelle, his children and grandchildren. He leaves a legion of friends that he helped succeed in business and life. Bob never changed from the time I first met him freshman year through all the years of his spectacular career in business and life. The first member of his family to go to college, he was dedicated to the free enterprise system and to capitalism. He never wavered in his desire to do his best and to be the best person that he could be. I will miss him more than I can express but treasure our times together, especially our emotional 60th Brown reunion.