Bill Barber died of pancreatic cancer Aug. 16, 2011, at home in Concord, Mass.
Bill came to Princeton from St. Mark’s School. He majored in French and roomed with Carl Bredahl. A member of Quadrangle, he was active in soccer, hockey, the Spanish Club, and the Nassau Herald. After graduation he was an Army medic. Bill then taught in Colorado Springs, returning after two years to teach and chair the Romance languages department at St. Mark’s. At the time, his father was headmaster (Henry Large also taught there). In 1976 he decided to take a sabbatical and opened a gourmet store, The Concord Cheese Shop, with his wife, Louise, whom he had married in 1963. Bill was a staunch supporter of Princeton and our class. He co-hosted mini-reunions in Concord at Brian and Lucy Rosborough’s home, providing an excellent array of wines and hors d’oeuvres — as well as friendship. His many philanthropic efforts included veterans’ affairs and a local freed slave’s home (the Caesar Robbins House). Bill vacationed in a beloved family fishing camp on a lake in the Laurentians. The class extends its sympathy to Louise; their children, Rusty, Ted, and Meg; four grandchildren; and his sister, Eustis.