Scof died June 12, 2015, in his native Rochester, N.Y.

He was born March 3, 1917, to Rolfe and Sylvia Scofield. Scof was an Eagle Scout and a counselor at Camp Cory on Keuka Lake in upstate New York. At Princeton, he wrote his thesis on the Erie Canal and played basketball.

Scof earned a law degree from Harvard in 1942. He then was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Eighth Air Force and flew 30 combat missions as a navigator in the 351st Bomb Group while stationed at Polebrook, England.

In 1944, he married Whitney Smith of Jordan, N.Y., who predeceased him in 2002. After practicing law in Rochester, he entered the family business, Crescent Puritan Laundry.

A civic leader, Scof was elected to the Rochester City Council in 1953. During his career, he was president of the YMCA, the Convalescent Hospital for Children, AAA of Rochester, and the Monroe County Port Authority. He also served as director of the Rochester Chamber of Commerce and treasurer of the American Farm School. Upon retirement, he and Whitney moved to New Castle, Del.

Scof is survived by his four children, including Giles ’75; four grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. We extend our sympathy to them on the loss of our classmate whose words about Princeton can’t be beat: “Best experience yet!”

Undergraduate Class of 1939