Baltimore Sun; Baltimore MD; 2001-12-2

Robert Hess Lake, 77, personnel director
Robert Hess Lake, a longtime program director in the Westinghouse Electric
Corp. personnel department, died Friday of heart failure at Levindale
Hebrew Geriatric Center & Hospital after recent brain surgery. He was 77
and lived in Towson.  Born in Baltimore, Mr. Lake graduated from Towson
High School in 1942, then enlisted in the Navy during World War II
and served in the Pacific from 1942 to 1946 as a pharmacist's mate. In
1947, he married Betty Marie Lott, who survives him.  Mr. Lake earned
a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University
of Baltimore in 1950. He worked as personnel director at Koppers
Co. before joining the personnel department at Westinghouse in Linthicum
in 1952. For many years he was its director of employee-assistance
programs, the position he held when he retired in 1989.  Mr. Lake also
taught business administration at Essex Community College, Baltimore
College of Commerce, and at the U.S.  Naval Academy through a program
with George Washington University.  He served on the advisory board of
the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital and was a member of the Voluntary
Council of Baltimore City, which raised money for programs in the city
schools. He helped to establish alcohol- and drug-treatment programs
in Maryland.  Mr. Lake was a master model-ship builder, whose clipper
ships, skipjacks and crab boats are in collections around the nation.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at First Lutheran Church,
40 Burke Ave. in Towson.  In addition to his wife, he is survived by
two daughters, Claudia Lake Blaize of Towson and Deborah Paige Lake
of Parkville; three sons, Robert H. Lake Jr. of Virginia Beach, Va.,
Douglas M. Lake of Baltimore and Todd J. Lake of York, Pa.; a brother,
Paul S. Lake Jr. of Harford County, and five grandchildren.  The family
suggested memorial contributions be made to First Lutheran Church.

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On Friday November 30, 2001 ROBERT H. age 77, beloved husband of Betty
Marie (nee Lott) Lake for 54 years, devoted father of Claudia Lake
Blaize and her husband Albert, Deborah Paige Lake, Robert H. Lake,
Jr., Douglas M. Lake and his wife Donna and Todd J. Lake, brother of
Paul S. Lake, Jr., and his wife Barbara, grandfather of Jennifer Lake
Mauldin and her husband Edward, Stephanie Erin Lake, Tyler Lake Blaize,
Travis Albert Blaize and Tanner Robert Blaize, also survived by several
nieces and nephews A Funeral Service will be held on Wednesday December
5 at 11 A.M. at the First Lutheran Church of Towson, 40 E. Burke Avenue,
Towson Md. 21286 with interment to follow at the Dulaney Valley Memorial
Gardens. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the First
Lutheran Church of Towson.

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Towson Times; Towson MD; 2001-12-5

Robert Hess Lake

Robert Hess Lake, a Towson resident, died of heart failure on Nov. 30
at Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center & Hospital after recent brain
surgery. He was 77 years old.

Robert was born to Paul Saunders Lake Sr. and Margaret Lake (Hess)
on Oct.  13, 1924. He graduated from Towson High in 1942. He enlisted
in the Navy during World War II and served in the Pacific from 1942 to
1946 as a pharmacist's mate. In 1947, Robert married Betty Marie Lott.

In 1950, Robert earned a bachelor's degree in business administration
from the University of Baltimore. He worked as a personnel director at
Koppers Co. before joining the personnel department at Westinghouse
in Linthicum in 1952. He retired in 1989 as director of the employee
assistance program, a position he held for many years.

Robert also taught business administration at Essex Community College,
Baltimore College of Commerce and at the U.S. Naval Academy through a
program with George Washington University.

He served on the advisory board of the Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital
and was a member of the Voluntary Council of Baltimore City, which
raised money for programs in the city schools. He helped to establish
alcohol-and drug-treatment programs in Maryland.

Robert enjoyed building model ships, fishing, gardening, reading and
singing in the choir at First Lutheran Church in Towson.

He is survived by his wife, Betty of 54 years; daughters, Claudia Lake
Blaize of Towson and Deborah Paige Lake of Parkville; sons, Robert H. Lake
Jr. of Virginia Beach, Va., Douglas M. Lake of York, Pa.; brother, Paul S.
Lake Jr. of Harford County and five grandchildren.

Memorial contributions can made to First Lutheran Church.