Bill died March 21, 2012, at his home in Gilford, N.H. Born in Scotland, he and his family moved to Schenectady, N.Y., when he was 5. He prepared at Mount Pleasant High School and then majored in electrical engineering at Princeton. He was business manager of the Calendar and a member of Whig-Clio and Tower Club. He roomed with Ted Brandt, Jack Busch, and Cliff Jones.

Bill joined General Electric in its engineering course, but left during World War II to serve with the 20th Air Force in the Pacific. Returning to GE, he began a career that spanned 43 years in corporate management both there and at Honeywell. His positions included manager of GE operations in the U.K., director-general of Bull-GE in Paris, vice president of GE, and, lastly, vice president of corporate management at Honeywell, retiring in 1983.

Bill served on many corporate boards even after retirement, but he and his wife, Avis Perkins Smart, managed to spend summers in Gilford and winters in Charleston, S.C. He was always active in the Unitarian Church, as well as in many civic activities.

He is survived by Avis, his wife of 66 years; his daughter, Suzann; three sons, Robert, David, and Christopher; and seven grandchildren.

Undergraduate Class of 1941