Hunt died Oct. 16, 2012. He and his wife, Ann, were residents of the Retreat in Rio Rancho, N.M., where they moved in 2011.
He was born in Spuyten Duyvil section of the Bronx, the son of Lowell Sr. 1907, and nephew of Archer Brown Jr. 1906. He prepared at Deerfield Academy. At Princeton he majored in modern languages and was a member of the freshmen crew, Sky Club, the CAA program, and Cottage Club.
After graduation, Hunt enlisted in the Navy Air Corps, and as a Hellcat pilot was shot down Aug. 28, 1943. He was awarded a Purple Heart and the Air Medal and was separated as a lieutenant junior grade.
While flying out of Gainesville, Fla., he attended a dance where he first met his future wife, Ann Towson, and proposed that night. Their marriage lasted 70 years.
Hunt tried banking but soon left to join Sweets Catalog, a subsidiary of McGraw-Hill, and remained there until the 1970s. The family lived in Wilton, Conn.; Portsmouth, N.H.; and Gainesville, Fla.
Ann died just two weeks before Hunt. He is survived by his daughters, Kelvey, Archer, and Brucie; six grandchildren, including Hunter Woodman Hutchinson ’94; and 10 great-grandchildren.