Robert Sinkler, beloved community member and University athletic trainer for 36 years, died last week in his home in Princeton, according to Town Topics.
Sinkler was given the Princeton University Alumni Council Award for Service to Princeton in 1997 and who was an honarary member of the Classes of 1938, 1962 and 1978.
In 1999, he recieved the All-American Football Foundation's Top Athletic Trainer Award.
In the Class of 1962's July 1999 class notes, the class cited as reason for honoring Sinkler, "the support and good will Bobby extended to countless undergraduates during his long career as a sports trainer for the university."
He received an award from the Friends of Princeton University Hockey in 1981, Town Topics said.
Outside of the University, Sinkler was an instrumental and vibrant member of the Princeton community.
He was Director of the Princeton Recreation Deparment and a Little League Coach.
He served on both the New Jersey Recreation Advisory Committee and the Township Recreation Committee, and ran for a spot on the Princeton Township Committee in 1954, Town Topics said.
The memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. on May 10 at at Trinity Episcopal Church, where Sinkler was an involved member, ushering and running an expansion campaign.
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