Robert S. Lockwood of Hutchinson Island, Florida, and Water Mill Dies April 19

Robert S. Lockwood was born in Connecticut on August 29, 1938. He is preceded in death by his wife, Katharine Sedgwick Greene Lockwood, of Boston and his parents Vera Lockwood-Mosko and Stephen Mosko. He is survived by his companion and second love of his life Diana Brennan, his brother Raymond, and his children and their spouses Robert (Kristin) Lockwood, Katharine (John) Merrill, and Elizabeth (Brian) Roberts and his grandchildren Peyton, Kate, Ben, Jack, Poppy and Mary Evarts.

Bob began his higher education at Trinity College. Asked to leave after a mischievous incident, he landed at Columbia University where he received an engineering degree. In addition to a year at the Sorbonne, he received a law degree from New York University and a Ph.D. from George Washington University.

Bob was a political appointee of the Kennedy Administration, working on the staff of Sargent Shriver to organize the Peace Corps. Called up for military service, Bob served in Vietnam, and taught at West Point and the National War College in Washington. He was the Chief Speechwriter for Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger and an adjunct professor at Harvard Law School, George Washington University and the University of Kansas. As counsel to the US Senate Judiciary Committee, serving under both Chairman Orrin Hatch and Joe Biden, Bob was instrumental in drafting legislation modernizing the US Customs Service, as well as the development of the NAFTA and World Trade Organization agreements.

After retiring from the Senate, Bob started his own lobbying firm, retired again, and wrote ten novels, about foreign intrigue and political corruption. Bob had an adventurous spirit. Earning his pilot’s license at 16, he ran a business for the brave and willing, flying his fellow classmates home from Columbia. Running over a hundred marathons and even winning one, Bob could often be found running the streets of Alexandria, Virginia, Washington, DC and Hutchinson Island, Florida or the trails of Utah. He loved to dance and was notorious for entertaining the masses at weddings while dancing and singing along to his favorite song “Shout” while swinging his tuxedo jacket in the air and showing off his high kicks. Bob lived with his family in France and Belgium and traveled the world meeting with presidents, prime ministers and dignitaries. He was fluent in French and was an accomplished linguist, able to communicate in many languages. Bob lived life to the fullest and had a wicked sense of humor, apologies to those he may have offended along the way. An active golfer, he was a member of the Southampton Golf Club, Ford’s Colony Country Club, the Ocean Club and the Stuart Yacht and Country Club. He was a resident of Hutchinson Island, Florida, living summers in Water Mill, New York.

A memorial service will be held at Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Church in Bridgehampton, NY on June 1st at 10:30 AM. A funeral service will be held at a later date at Arlington National Cemetery.