Bud Royal
MANCHESTER, Vt. H.M. Royal III, widely known as Bud Royal, died Jan. 10 in Manchester at the age of 91, with his wife of 68 years, Dorothy, at his side and surrounded by his daughters via video.
Born in Trenton, N.J., Bud Royal attended the University of Pennsylvania before leaving to serve in the U.S Army National Guard from 1950 to 1952.
He began his rubber industry career in 1952 when he joined the family business, H.M. Royal, Inc., a chemical sales and distribution company founded by his father, H.M. Royal Jr.
Bud Royal worked in sales and business development, focusing on the industrial manufacturing base in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York.