Robert H. Mayer Jr.

Robert H. "Bob" Mayer Jr., 76, of Arnold, Maryland passed away Saturday, November 12, 2022. He was born November 16, 1945, in Summit, New Jersey, to Robert and Muriel Mayer. Bob grew up in New Jersey with a love for sports and the beach. Bob graduated from the University of Delaware in 1969 with a Master of Science in Civil Engineering and went on to serve in the U.S. Navy's Civil Engineer Corps both active duty and reserves from 1976 – 1988. He was a Navy Diver and served as a Seabee on Underwater Construction Team 1 (UCT1). Following his academic passion and curiosity he returned to the University of Delaware and received his Ph.D. in 1982. After a short period as an Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado he returned to the east coast, accepting a position teaching Ocean Engineering at the United States Naval Academy. He taught at the Naval Academy for 35 years, including serving as the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department Chair from 2004 – 2010 before retiring in 2018. Bob was a survivor of leukemia, undergoing a successful bone marrow transplant from his brother Kim, in 1989 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Bob was a member of Severna Park Evangelical Presbyterian Church. He is survived by his son, Rob (wife Leslie), grandchildren Tobey and Josie and his fiancée, Patricia Schupple (her children Daniel, Anya and grandson Tyler). In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to The Leukemia And Lymphoma Society. A memorial service will be held in April in Annapolis, MD.