Newton Smith Noble Jr. ’29

Newt died of pneumonia Aug. 26, 2003. He was 96.

He prepared for Princeton at Lawrence-ville. At Princeton, he was manager of freshman track, manager of Interscholastics, and a member of Triangle Club and Cap and Gown. After graduating, he received a master's in business from Harvard.

He then worked for an insurance company in Montgomery, Ala. In 1937, he came to Chicago to work as an investment banker for Lake Michigan Mortgage. By the time he left in the early 1960s, he was the company's president. He worked until retirement in 1977 at Evanston Federal Savings and Loan Co., which he helped start and where he became chairman of the board.

He was active in the Barrington [Ill.] Countryside Assn., a group formed to protect local landowners. He helped form District 220 of the association, serving as its board president.

Survivors include his wife, Jane; a daughter, Albertine Burget; a son, Charles; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. To all of them, the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1929