Former Coop Director Dies

Robert S. Mullen, former director of the Harvard Coop, died while on vacation in Florida on January 24. He was 77.

Mullen was born in Hingham, Mass., and attended Bowdoin College.

He received an MBA at Harvard Business School in 1941 and, after serving in the Navy during World War II, returned to work at Harvard in 1947.

Before his retirement in 1984, Mullen had spent 15 years as director of the Harvard Cooperative Society and also worked as a director of purchasing for Harvard.

In addition to serving on the board of directors at the COOP, Mullen was a member of the advisory board to the Barnstable Conservation Federation.