Rivington Winant died Feb. 3, 2011, at his home in New York City after a long illness.
Riv joined our class in July 1943 but stayed only briefly before enlisting in the Marine Corps while his father, John G. Winant, was ambassador to the Court of St. James in the U.K. Riv fought in Okinawa, and after the war, matriculated at Oxford’s Balliol College, from which he graduated.
In 1958 he joined the United Nations, where he eventually became treasurer until retiring in 1983. In retirement Riv dedicated himself to various foundations and boards, taking particular interest in the Winant Clayton Volunteers, a social-work and exchange program between the U.K. and U.S. that was named in honor of his father.
Riv felt for years that his father had not received the recognition he deserved, but was gratified when the book Citizens of London was published with his father as a primary character. Before he died Riv established Winant Park in Concord, N.H., on 85 acres of land that had been part of the family property.
Although Riv did not attend Princeton for long, he was a well-known and popular classmate who had a deep concern for his friends. The class extends its deepest sympathy to his wife, Joan O’Meara Winant.