Robert Stabler

Robert C. Stabler 1935 - 2012 SKILLMAN, NJ Robert Coleman Stabler, 76, of Skillman, NJ, died Jan. 20 at home after a long illness. He was born on June 14, 1935, in Pittsfield, MA, to Howard Parker Stabler and Margaret Van Alstyne Stabler. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Mary; his children, Julie Hull (Tom), Ted (Martha Embrey), Larry (Betsy), Peggy Fischer, and Peter (Martha) and their respective families, including 10 grandchildren; and his sister, Elizabeth, and brother, George. Mr. Stabler was a member of Williamstown Public High School's class of 1952. He graduated from Yale University with a B.A. in Math in 1955, and earned a Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Cornell University in 1960. He worked for Ford Aerospace in Newport Beach, CA, and then moved to Princeton in 1962 to work for RCA David Sarnoff Research Laboratories. From 1967 to 1974, he worked as a semiconductor industry analyst for Smith Barney in New York City. He then founded investment management firm Penvest Company in Princeton in 1975. He dedicated much of his time to research in theoretical physics and published several papers in Physical Review Letters. An avid outdoorsman, Mr. Stabler had a love of the mountains and the home he built in Breckenridge, Colo., where he and Mary lived from 1997 until their return to the Princeton area in 2009. MEMORIAL NOTICE: A reception will be held in the spring. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to The Hospice Memorial Fund at Princeton Healthcare System Foundation.