William C. Lewis Jr. ’53

Bill died Feb. 25, 2018, in Rochester, N.Y., where he was born.

He attended West High School before coming to Princeton. He majored in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and wrote his thesis on “The American Press in the 1952 Election.” After graduating, he served as an officer in the Navy and was stationed in Japan before earning an MBA from Harvard Business School. He then joined Cabot Corp. and moved to England as managing director of Cabot’s English subsidiary. Later he transitioned to a second career in investment management and lived in the Seattle area and in Cambridge, Mass., before returning to Rochester.

Never married, Bill is survived by his sisters and many nieces, nephews, and friends.