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Robert S. McCarter, 82
Profession: A World War II fighter pilot who went on to pursue a career in mortgage banking.
Degrees: A.B. '46 in economics, Stanford M.B.A.
Passions: McCarter collected WWII survival gear, which became the basis for a book, a collaboration with Douglas Taggart, called "One-Man Pneumatic Life Raft Survival Kits of World War II," to be published in July by Schiffer Publishing of Atglen, Pa.
Notable: On July 5, 1949, he took part in the first ascent of Mount Vancouver, then the highest peak not yet climbed in North America.
Quote: "He was an understated Eastern type who never pushed his agenda or talked about his achievements," said Roger Olson, a longtime friend and business partner.
Death: May 30,2006 San Diego, Calif.; brain hemorrhage
From the San Diego Union-Tribune
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