Robert D. Post, 49, of Essex Fells, N.J., died on Aug. 3rd near his summer home in Bay Head, N.J., the victim of a tragic boating accident.

Born in Montclair and a lifelong resident of Essex Fells, Post attended Essex Fells Primary School and graduated from Montclair Kimberley Academy and later from Colgate University in 1981 with a B.A. in geology. He received his M.B.A. from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth in 1985.

Post worked his entire career on Wall Street, including 16 years at J.P. Morgan & Co. where he was a managing director, then later as a senior managing director at Bear Stearns & Co. Most recently, he was a senior vice president of Mizuho Corporate Bank, USA in New York.

Post was an active outdoorsman with a great love of golf, skiing, boating, and tennis. At Colgate, he was a competitive swimmer, where he established several pool records and was elected team captain. After college, he swam in various Masters competitions.

Throughout his life, he was an enthusiastic skier and a frequent visitor to Mad River Glen in Vermont. An accomplished golfer and avid tennis player, Mr. Post was a member of the Montclair Golf Club, Essex Fells Country Club and Bay Head Yacht Club.

He was an active boater from early boyhood along the entire Atlantic coast, and held a commercial captains license. Mr. Post was also involved with numerous organizations. He served on the Alumni Council at Montclair Kimberley Academy and several alumni committees at Colgate University, where a scholarship is established in his name.

He was also involved with several charitable organizations, notably Cystic Fibrosis. The Post family are longtime parishioners of First Presbyterian Church in Caldwell.

With great spirit and enthusiasm and his wonderful sense of humor, Bob was a friend to countless others in his many circles. His infectious smile and his love of life will be missed by all who knew him.

A devoted husband and loving father, Bob is survived by his wife, Bonnie; sons, Robert Jr., 19, a student at Colby College, and John, 12; parents, Richard and Helen Post of Vero Beach, Fla., and sisters, Elizabeth Cundari of Verona, N.J., and Susan Schlachtenhaufen of Lake Forest, Ill.

He was predeceased by his brother, John Jeffrey Post.

Memorial services for Post will be held on Saturday, Aug. 9, at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, 326 Bloomfield Ave., Caldwell. Funeral arrangements are being handled by the Dancy Funeral Home, Caldwell.

In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 6931 Arlington Road, Bethesda, Md. 20814 and Montclair Kimberley Academy, 201 Valley Road, Montclair, N.J. 07042.

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