Win died Dec. 2, 2002. He was born in Wellesley Hills, Mass., where he lived for many years. At Princeton he was a member of the ROTC and Cottage Club. After college he joined the family firm, Hersey Manufacturing Co. in Boston, where he spent his entire business life. He retired as board chairman in 1976. Win served in the Army from 1942-46, and again from 1951-52. He retired in 1966 with the rank of lieutenant colonel. An avid golfer, he won the Marine Open and was runner-up in the Massachusetts Amateur Championship. Win is survived by Audrey, his wife of 68 years; two daughters, Mrs. William R. Carter and Ms. Karen Hersey; a son, David ’63; 10 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. The class extends its deepest sympathy to Mrs. Hersey and all the family. The Class of 1928 Albert Elmer Wood ’30 Al died Nov. 11, 2002, at his home in Cape May Courthouse, N.J., of prostate cancer. He was 92. Al prepared at the Brooklyn Poly HS. At Princeton he was a member of Clio Hall and roomed junior and senior years with G. M. Crowley. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, and went on to study vertebrate paleontology at Columbia, where he earned his PhD. Al joined the faculty at Amherst College as a professor of biology. During WWII he served as a lieutenant colonel, earning a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. After he retired from Amherst, he moved to Cape May Courthouse, to a house he had built on ancestral property that had been in the family for 300 years. A house built in 1854 on another portion of property is now a bed-and-breakfast called Doctors Inn, due to the many PhDs and MDs in the family. Al married Frances Wright in 1937. They had three sons, one of whom is Roger ’62. Al was our class treasurer when he died. The Class of 1930 Philip Pettibone Schaffner ’33 Phil died Apr. 16, 1999. He was 87. He earned his PhD in economics at Ohio State U. He was a commander in the Navy during WWII. He retired from the US Treasury Dept. after achieving the highest level attainable by a civil servant. He was a specialist in the balance of trade. When he retired, he and his wife, Bessie, who survives him, moved to John Knox Village, in Pompano Beach, Fla. There he was a very active community worker. Some activities in which he participated were wood sculpture — a number of his pieces are on display in John Knox Village; music — he organized small groups to play for special occasions, and he played the recorder and the ukelele; and poetry — he wrote a number of poems and organized poetry reading and writing groups. He gave generously to the public school system. He secretly helped less fortunate residents pay their dues or rent. Besides his wife, he is survived by a niece, Denice W. Williams, and a nephew, Dennis Workman. Phil and his generosity and many talents will be missed by the people with whom he came in contact. The Class of 1933 Arthur Kaskel Solomon ’34 Art, emeritus professor of biophysics at Harvard Medical School and a scientific member of the US delegation to UNESCO in 1976 and 1978, died Nov. 6, 2002, at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He had been in failing health but continued to teach first-year medical students into the 1990s, as well as continuing with full-time research. He arrived at the medical school in 1939 as a research associate in physics and chemistry and, except for WWII research on radar in England, remained there nearly until his death. He was a founder of the Biophysical Society in the US and an influential member of the small group that founded the Int’l. Union for Pure & Applied Biophysics, of which he was the first secretary-general. Art is survived by his wife, Mariot “Marny”; a son, Mark; a daughter, Susanna; and several grandchildren. To them we offer our sincere sympathies. The Class of 1934 JAMES PETER WILLIAMS III ’35 Pete, a Philadelphia lawyer who specialized in trusts and estate work for more than 40 years, died Apr. 28, 2001. At Princeton he majored in history and lettered on the 150-lb. football and boxing teams. Pete also served on the Daily Princetonian board and was an assistant manager and editor. He belonged to Ivy Club. After graduation, Pete’s first job was working “in a dirty, hot, coke plant on the Jersey flats.” But such servitude didn’t last long. Pete’s next move was to three “rugged but pleasant” years at Harvard Law, followed by four years in the Navy, mostly in the Pacific “with a lovely side trip around Australia to Ceylon,” and a good view of most of the major battles in that theater during WWII. He survived a kamikaze hit on the deck of the carrier Wasp and emerged from the service as a lieutenant commander with a Bronze Star. He then took a crack at trial law back in Philadelphia, followed by a job as a vice president of the Western Savings Fund Society. He then joined the firm Drinker, Biddle and Reath, where he worked until he retired in 1985. Pete’s survivors include Laura Oliver Williams, his wife of 56 years; a son, Peter; a daughter, Anne; two grandchildren; and his sister, Elinor W. Reath. The Class of 1935 Peter Aston Schwartz ’36 Peter died Aug. 8, 2002, at the Princeton Medical Center. He was 89. He prepared at the Montgomery School in Wynnwood, Pa. At Princeton he majored in English and was a member of Quadrangle Club. After graduation he was an assistant dean of men at Princeton; he then taught at the Chicago Latin School. During WWII he served three years in the Navy. He participated in the campaigns of Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and landed in Japan. He retired as a lieutenant jg. After the war, Peter was assistant headmaster of the Hun School in Princeton, headmaster of the Allendale School in Rochester, N.Y., headmaster at the Pembroke Country Day School in Kansas City, Mo., founding headmaster of the Ft. Worth Country Day School, and was head of the middle school of the Marine Military Academy in Harlingen, Tex. He retired to John’s Island, S.C., where for a year he taught Latin at the Island Academy and worked in the Soup Kitchen Ministry. Peter and his wife, the late Alice Crosby Sinclair, were married for 58 years. He is survived by a sister, Madiera S. Meader; a daughter, Carol S. Haag; sons Peter Jr. and Donald; seven grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren. The Class of 1936 Hugh Campbell Barrett Jr. ’37 Hugh died at St. Simon’s Island, Ga., on Nov. 12, 2002, at the age of 88. A native of Orange, N.J., he came to us from Choate. A graduate of the US Brewing Academy, Hugh began his career with Peter Doelger’s in Newark. He then went to New Philadelphia Brewery in Ohio, and then was brewmaster for Pan-American Industries in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, before he retired. He also worked for Schiffenhaus Packaging and Displays in Newark. In our 40th yearbook, Hugh listed his hobbies as woodworking and golf. In addition to his membership in Sea Island Golf Club, he also was a member of the Essex County Country Club in West Orange, the Dorado Country Club in Puerto Rico, and the Santo Domingo Country Club in the Dominican Republic. A memorial mass was held at St. Williams Church on St. Simon’s Island, where he had lived for more than 20 years. To his devoted widow, Sherry, daughters Barbara B. Power and Lindsay B. George, son Hugh III, seven grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, and a nephew, William R. Barrett Jr. ’66, we offer our sincere condolences. The Class of 1937 Lewis Henry Marks ’37 Lew died on Dec. 8, 2002, in Jacksonville, Fla. He came to us from Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh. Lew majored in economics with honors, was president of Campus Club, and was a member of the Student/Faculty Council. He joined the Navy as an apprentice seaman, served in both Atlantic and Pacific theaters, and was discharged as a lieutenant jg. Lew was president of Marks Lumber Co. and later G&L Construction Co. In our 50th-reunion book, he listed his pride in building apartment complexes of 250 units and 225 mini-warehouses. One of the class’s avid golfers, Lew was a founder and member of San Jose Country Club and held memberships in Epping Forest, the River Club, the Honey Do’s, and the Sapphire Valley Country Club in North Carolina, where he had a summer home. He is survived by his devoted wife of 62 years, Betty Balfour; daughters Anne Hayhurst, Pat Schages, and Beth Deitz; his son, Lewis Jr.; six grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; and his sister, Betty Clarke. He was predeceased by two brothers, Herbert ’33 and James ’35. We offer his family our profound sympathy. The Class of 1937 Philip Von A. Nicholson ’37 Phil died Oct. 23, 2002, after a two-month illness; he was 88. He came to Princeton from Mercersburg Academy, where he excelled in football and wrestling. He won the 1932 Mid-Atlantic AAU title in wrestling and qualified for the Olympics. Phil roomed with Bill Cleaver, a Mercersburg classmate. He was our class hero when he won the annual Cane Spree against the sophomore class. During WWII he graduated from the Army Ranger School and saw active service in the South Pacific, New Guinea, and the Philippines. Phil lived in Merchantville, N.J., while working for the John Wanamaker Department Store in Philadelphia, until he retired in 1979. His love of people and his easygoing nature made him an ideal salesman. After the death of his wife, Frances, he moved to be near his son, Philip, daughter-in-law Susan, and granddaughter Jessica in Herndon, Va. His brother, Joseph ’32, predeceased him. We extend our sympathies to the family of this gentleman of character. The Class of 1937 Frederick Rolland Carson ’42 Rolly died in Chicago on July 1, 2002, after a long and distinguished career as a lawyer. He retired as a partner with the law firm Isham, Lincoln, and Beale in 1988, after serving fo
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