Robert Scott Whitman, Jr. (?-1942)

Robert Whitman was from Binghamton, New York, where he graduated from Central High School. He entered Dickinson with the class of 1938, but spent only his freshman year at Dickinson before transferring to the United States Naval Academy. He graduated from Annapolis in 1939. While at the College, he became a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity and participated in freshman football. Whitman lost his life on June 4, 1942, while in action as a Navy pilot during the Battle of Midway.

More information about other Dickinson war casualties can be found through the online project "In Remembrance" (see link for related entries below).