Robert W Bosse

Robert W. Bosse of Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, a distinguished engineering executive and multiple patent holder who was also a longtime business leader and volunteer in his community, died on Nov. 17, 2022. He was 94. Mr. Bosse served as president of Metfast Engineering Co., an Englewood Cliffs-based company that he founded in 1980 that manufactured machinery and component parts. Before founding Metfast, he spent 30 years with Groov-Pin Corp., a company that provided engineered fasteners and components to U.S. manufacturers; he rose from chief engineer to vice president and director. A Licensed Professional Engineer, he held 12 U.S. patents and numerous related foreign patents. Mr. Bosse earned the degree of Mechanical Engineer from Stevens Institute of Technology in 1950 and an M.BA. from Fairleigh Dickinson University in 1975. With his wife, Rose, he was a longtime, devoted supporter of Stevens, where he was active in leadership and volunteer roles for many decades. He served on the university’s board of trustees; as president of the Stevens Alumni Association (SAA); president of his class; a member of the advisory committee of the Mechanical Engineering Department’s Machine Systems Group; a member of the Stevens Metropolitan Club; among many other activities. In 2014, Mr. Bosse received the Lifetime Service Award from Stevens and had previously received the Stevens Honor Award in 1993 for his outstanding professional achievements and the Stevens Alumni Award in 1985 for his volunteer service to Stevens, among other awards. A leader of professional, industrial and business organizations, Mr. Bosse served as past president of the Ridgefield (New Jersey) Manufacturers Association and past chair of the National Screw Machine Products Association. He was a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and the American Society for Metals. A devoted community volunteer, Mr. Bosse had served on the board of directors of Welkind Rehabilitation Hospital, which specialized in treating young patients with multiple sclerosis and is now part of the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in Chester, New Jersey. He was an elder and treasurer of Zion Lutheran Church in Maywood, New Jersey, for more than 20 years. Mr. Bosse was predeceased by his beloved wife of 58 years, Rose, in 2016. Surviving are two nephews, Christopher Bickel and Matthew Bickel; a niece, Denise Bickel; and a cousin, Ann Newton. Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Zion Lutheran Church, 120 East Pleasant Avenue, Maywood, New Jersey. A funeral service will immediately follow at the church. Interment will be private at Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York. Arrangements are by Barrett Leber Funeral Home, Tenafly, New Jersey. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Mr. Bosse’s memory to Zion Lutheran Church.

Robert W Bosse

November 17, 2022