Father: Robert Stanton Brewster 1875-1939
Mabel Martin Tremain Brewster 1877–1941
Sister: Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell
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Robert Dows Brewster died of cancer on February 24, 1995, while visiting his sister in Washington, DC. He was born in Mt. Kisco, New York, in 1916, the son of Mabel Tremain and Roberl Stanton Brewster (SPS 1893), and entered the III Form in 1930. As a VI Former, he was a member of the Concordian Literary Society, the School Orchestra, and the Record Committee.
He graduated cum laude. While at SPS he also developed a lifelong interest in the history of Imperial Russia, which stimulated his desire to learn the language. Upon reaching Yale as a freshman , he found that the University did not offer any courses in Russian, so he bought a grammar book and mastered the rudiments himself, later perfecting the spoken language
with the aid or friends he made among the emigre Russian community in New York. He traveled extensively in the Soviet Union with his friends I Kenneth Pendar '26 in 1933, and Maury Heckscher '34 in 1936. He formed an important collection of books, manuscripts, and photograph albums which had belonged to the family of Tsar Nicholas II, and gave it to the Beinecke Library at Yale some years after his graduation in 1939. Drafted in to the Army in 1941, he spent a year in the ranks before being commissioned in the artillery. While in the 8lst Division in California, awaiting orders to the South Pacific, his facility with the Russian language was belatedly recognized. He was given the chance to volunteer for the Office of Strategic Service (O.S . . ) and served with it in England, Austria, and as a liaison officer with Soviet forces in their occupation of Romania. He left the service as a major. After the war h e studied drawing and painting at the Art Students' League in New York, and with the artist Louis Bouche. He subsequently lived and painted in Italy for some years before returning to New York City. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell:, two nieces; and two nephews, Michael F. T. Maude '53 and Nicholas R. Burke '61. He was predeceased by two uncles, George Stephenson Brewster (SPS 1886) and Frederick Foster Brewster (SPS 1890); and two cousins, Benjamin Brewster '25 and Edward C. Brewster '28.
(Submitted by Nicholas R. Burke '61)
Alumni Horae Saint Paul's School Spring 1995
Mabel Martin Tremain Brewster 1877–1941
Sister: Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell
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Robert Dows Brewster died of cancer on February 24, 1995, while visiting his sister in Washington, DC. He was born in Mt. Kisco, New York, in 1916, the son of Mabel Tremain and Roberl Stanton Brewster (SPS 1893), and entered the III Form in 1930. As a VI Former, he was a member of the Concordian Literary Society, the School Orchestra, and the Record Committee.
He graduated cum laude. While at SPS he also developed a lifelong interest in the history of Imperial Russia, which stimulated his desire to learn the language. Upon reaching Yale as a freshman , he found that the University did not offer any courses in Russian, so he bought a grammar book and mastered the rudiments himself, later perfecting the spoken language
with the aid or friends he made among the emigre Russian community in New York. He traveled extensively in the Soviet Union with his friends I Kenneth Pendar '26 in 1933, and Maury Heckscher '34 in 1936. He formed an important collection of books, manuscripts, and photograph albums which had belonged to the family of Tsar Nicholas II, and gave it to the Beinecke Library at Yale some years after his graduation in 1939. Drafted in to the Army in 1941, he spent a year in the ranks before being commissioned in the artillery. While in the 8lst Division in California, awaiting orders to the South Pacific, his facility with the Russian language was belatedly recognized. He was given the chance to volunteer for the Office of Strategic Service (O.S . . ) and served with it in England, Austria, and as a liaison officer with Soviet forces in their occupation of Romania. He left the service as a major. After the war h e studied drawing and painting at the Art Students' League in New York, and with the artist Louis Bouche. He subsequently lived and painted in Italy for some years before returning to New York City. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell:, two nieces; and two nephews, Michael F. T. Maude '53 and Nicholas R. Burke '61. He was predeceased by two uncles, George Stephenson Brewster (SPS 1886) and Frederick Foster Brewster (SPS 1890); and two cousins, Benjamin Brewster '25 and Edward C. Brewster '28.
(Submitted by Nicholas R. Burke '61)
Alumni Horae Saint Paul's School Spring 1995
Father: Robert Stanton Brewster 1875-1939
Mabel Martin Tremain Brewster 1877–1941
Sister: Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell
________________________________________________________
Robert Dows Brewster died of cancer on February 24, 1995, while visiting his sister in Washington, DC. He was born in Mt. Kisco, New York, in 1916, the son of Mabel Tremain and Roberl Stanton Brewster (SPS 1893), and entered the III Form in 1930. As a VI Former, he was a member of the Concordian Literary Society, the School Orchestra, and the Record Committee.
He graduated cum laude. While at SPS he also developed a lifelong interest in the history of Imperial Russia, which stimulated his desire to learn the language. Upon reaching Yale as a freshman , he found that the University did not offer any courses in Russian, so he bought a grammar book and mastered the rudiments himself, later perfecting the spoken language
with the aid or friends he made among the emigre Russian community in New York. He traveled extensively in the Soviet Union with his friends I Kenneth Pendar '26 in 1933, and Maury Heckscher '34 in 1936. He formed an important collection of books, manuscripts, and photograph albums which had belonged to the family of Tsar Nicholas II, and gave it to the Beinecke Library at Yale some years after his graduation in 1939. Drafted in to the Army in 1941, he spent a year in the ranks before being commissioned in the artillery. While in the 8lst Division in California, awaiting orders to the South Pacific, his facility with the Russian language was belatedly recognized. He was given the chance to volunteer for the Office of Strategic Service (O.S . . ) and served with it in England, Austria, and as a liaison officer with Soviet forces in their occupation of Romania. He left the service as a major. After the war h e studied drawing and painting at the Art Students' League in New York, and with the artist Louis Bouche. He subsequently lived and painted in Italy for some years before returning to New York City. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell:, two nieces; and two nephews, Michael F. T. Maude '53 and Nicholas R. Burke '61. He was predeceased by two uncles, George Stephenson Brewster (SPS 1886) and Frederick Foster Brewster (SPS 1890); and two cousins, Benjamin Brewster '25 and Edward C. Brewster '28.
(Submitted by Nicholas R. Burke '61)
Alumni Horae Saint Paul's School Spring 1995
Mabel Martin Tremain Brewster 1877–1941
Sister: Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell
________________________________________________________
Robert Dows Brewster died of cancer on February 24, 1995, while visiting his sister in Washington, DC. He was born in Mt. Kisco, New York, in 1916, the son of Mabel Tremain and Roberl Stanton Brewster (SPS 1893), and entered the III Form in 1930. As a VI Former, he was a member of the Concordian Literary Society, the School Orchestra, and the Record Committee.
He graduated cum laude. While at SPS he also developed a lifelong interest in the history of Imperial Russia, which stimulated his desire to learn the language. Upon reaching Yale as a freshman , he found that the University did not offer any courses in Russian, so he bought a grammar book and mastered the rudiments himself, later perfecting the spoken language
with the aid or friends he made among the emigre Russian community in New York. He traveled extensively in the Soviet Union with his friends I Kenneth Pendar '26 in 1933, and Maury Heckscher '34 in 1936. He formed an important collection of books, manuscripts, and photograph albums which had belonged to the family of Tsar Nicholas II, and gave it to the Beinecke Library at Yale some years after his graduation in 1939. Drafted in to the Army in 1941, he spent a year in the ranks before being commissioned in the artillery. While in the 8lst Division in California, awaiting orders to the South Pacific, his facility with the Russian language was belatedly recognized. He was given the chance to volunteer for the Office of Strategic Service (O.S . . ) and served with it in England, Austria, and as a liaison officer with Soviet forces in their occupation of Romania. He left the service as a major. After the war h e studied drawing and painting at the Art Students' League in New York, and with the artist Louis Bouche. He subsequently lived and painted in Italy for some years before returning to New York City. He is survived by his sister, Mrs. J. Murray Mitchell:, two nieces; and two nephews, Michael F. T. Maude '53 and Nicholas R. Burke '61. He was predeceased by two uncles, George Stephenson Brewster (SPS 1886) and Frederick Foster Brewster (SPS 1890); and two cousins, Benjamin Brewster '25 and Edward C. Brewster '28.
(Submitted by Nicholas R. Burke '61)
Alumni Horae Saint Paul's School Spring 1995
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