George William Wilde ’57

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Bill died peacefully June 18, 2013, at High Lawn Farm in Lee, Mass.

At Princeton he majored in the Woodrow Wilson School. His undergraduate activities were hockey and NROTC. He joined Dial Lodge and roomed with Howie Hayes senior year. After graduating he obtained an MBA from Harvard Business School. Bill then served two years as a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps.

Bill was an international investor with business interests in North and South America. He was a resident of Key Biscayne, Fla., and proprietor of High Lawn Farm, where he undertook a major restoration of dairy operations that will continue.

He leaves his wife, Fanny; daughters Emily and Jennifer; a brother; and four sisters. To them, the class extends condolences.

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