Robert P Stupp

Robert Philip Stupp a business and community leader for many years died on Monday March 3, 2014. He was 83 years old. Mr. Stupp began his career with the Stupp Companies in 1952, serving as president of several divisions. He became the President and Chief Executive Officer in 1989 and has been serving as Chairman of Stupp Bros., Inc. since 2004. Stupp Bros, Inc. is a privatelyowned company founded in 1856 by Johann Stupp, Mr. Stupp's great-grandfather. Its companies manufacture the essential materials to build pipelines, bridges, high-rise buildings and sports facilities, provide corrosion protection for pipelines and manufacture specialized equipment for solid state bonding for customers in both the private and public sectors. The company also serves the St. Louis market through Midwest BankCentre. Mr. Stupp participated in many community and national organizations including the board of John Burroughs School, St. Michael's School board of trustees, president of the Tower Grove Park board of commissioners, the vestries at St. Peter's Episcopal Church and the Church of St. Michael & St. George. Mr. Stupp was active on the boards of the Shriners Hospital, RCGA, St. Louis Zoo Friends, the Better Business Bureau, and the St. Louis Boy Scout Council. He was a member of the Royal Order of Jesters of the Masonic Order. His business interests included directorships at Laclede Gas Co., Tower Grove Bank, Association of General Contractors of St. Louis and the Midwestern Joist Co. He also served as chairman of the American Institute of Steel Construction, president of the Central Fabricators Association, founding chairman of the National Steel Bridge Alliance, and received the Washington University Engineering Alumni Achievement Award. Mr. Stupp was a graduate of Washington University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jane Howell Stupp in 1988. He is survived by his wife, Anne C. Stupp, three children, Leslie H. Stupp PhD of San Diego, Julia Jane Stupp of Ladue and Robert Philip Stupp, Jr. (Judith) of Webster Groves. His grandchildren include Jane Stupp O'Neill, Jared Stupp O'Neill, Robert Philip Stupp III, Henry Traylor Stupp, and William Glenn Stupp.