Albert E. Van Court Jr. ’41

Al died Feb. 5, 2012. Unfortunately, we had lost contact with Al for some years.

Al prepared for Princeton at the Catalina Boys School and Andover. He was a member of Cap and Gown Club and majored in modern languages. He earned second-group honors as a freshman and junior, was on The Daily Princetonian board and served as basketball editor, and was publicity manager of Triangle Club.

  Al entered the Navy as an ensign in October 1942, put in two years of cruiser duty, served as an aide in the Pacific Fleet, and was discharged as a lieutenant.

He struggled with his health for the remainder of his life, a result of an injury he suffered in a car accident senior year. Al became a successful commercial-insurance broker of varied investments.

He was predeceased by his wife, Patricia Prescott Van Court.