William A. Cushman ’54

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"Cush" died Mar. 6, 2000. Born in NYC, he prepared for Princeton at Darien H.S. He became an English major and was a contributor to the Nassau Lit and the Nassau Sovereign. He participated in crew and was a member of Colonial Club. After Princeton he entered the service and was a first lieutenant with the Army in Korea. He later resumed writing and published The Second Man Up San Juan Hill. He worked for the City Bank of New York for 34 years and retired as a vice president in 1991.

He is survived by his wife of 43 years, Jeannette Bennetts Cushman. The class extends its condolences to his wife, his father, and two sons, Robert and W. Alden, his three daughters, Jennnifer, Catherine, and Elizabeth, nine grandchildren, and his sisters.

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