(AGENPARL) – STANFORD (CA) lun 08 maggio 2023

This obituary was published by the San Francisco Chronicle on May 7, 2023.

Robert A. Epsen, 83 of Mill Valley, California passed away peacefully on March 24 from cancer. Bob was born May 25, 1939, to parents Robert and Lillian Epsen and raised in Omaha, Nebraska. After graduating from Westminster School in Connecticut, he attended Princeton University and graduated in 1961. That year his family moved to Hillsborough, California and shortly thereafter he married and had daughters Lisa and Francie, residing on the Peninsula.

Bob worked as a Vice President of Hibernia Bank while also serving in the Army Reserves. After five years, Bob attended Stanford Law School and upon graduation he joined the historic San Francisco law firm Heller, Ehrman, White and McAuliffe in 1971. Bob practiced corporate law and after making partner in San Francisco went on to work in the Hong Kong office for for one year and opened the Los Angeles office in 1988 for two years. Following a distinguished career, he was named General Counsel before retiring in 2004. Bob was intelligent, hard-working, humble and dedicated to his clients. He was known for his integrity and always adhered to the highest standard of ethics. He treasured his friends and colleagues, and was a beloved member of the San Francisco firm for 33 years. Bob remained in close contact with his dear friends from Princeton and his many colleagues from Heller, Ehrman.

In 1988 he married Leslie West, the sister of his Princeton roommate, and had a wonderful marriage for 21 years settling in Tiburon, CA. Bob and Leslie loved to travel, fly fish and spend time with their children, grandchildren, extended family, friends and their beloved Australian Shepherds. Nothing was more important to Bob than family and he especially treasured time with his granddaughters. Known as “Pappe”, Bob had a wonderful relationship with each granddaughter, celebrating and mentoring their academic and artistic pursuits throughout the years. Bob was a longtime member of the Pacific-Union Club and the Guardsmen. He was on the Board of Trustees for Crystal Springs and Uplands School and served as Board Chair for two years.

Bob is predeceased by his wife Leslie Epsen in 2009 and his brother Bill Epsen in 2021. He is survived by his sister Katie Millhiser, daughters Lisa Epsen Lenzo (Christopher) and Frances Epsen Devlin (Patrick) and his granddaughters Isabella and Alexandra Lenzo, Penelope and Lillian Devlin as well as his stepson Robert Lee Underwood III (Christine) and their children Kalani and Kaia Underwood, along with nieces and a nephew.

Fonte/Source: https://law.stanford.edu/stanford-lawyer/articles/robert-epsen-jd-71-1939-2023/