Bill Scranton died Oct. 4, 2011, in Keene, N.H., after years of suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

Bill was born in Scranton, Pa., and graduated from Scranton Central High School. At Princeton he was a member of the lacrosse team for three years, joined Tower Club, majored in mechanical engineering, and was active in Whig-Clio.

Following graduation he entered a training program at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford, Conn., where he worked on military engines. In 1946, Bill started Harvard Business School but shortly thereafter was drafted into the Air Force. Because of his background at P&W he was given a job as test engineer on jet engines. In 1947, Bill returned to Harvard and completed his M.B.A.

In 1949, Bill married Andrea Abbott and moved to Keene. For 27 years he worked for the MPB Corp. (later Timken Co.), ultimately becoming president and CEO. In Keene he was the moving force behind numerous organizations and was in every sense a community leader. He twice received the top award of the Keene Rotary Club and also received the Keene Chamber of Commerce Community Service Award.

Andrea died in 1991. Bill is survived by his sons, James and John; his daughters, Nancy Sporborg and Sarah Bedingfield; and five grandchildren. To them all, the class sends sympathy.

Undergraduate Class of 1942