Bill Guedel died May 15, 2013, in Providence Medical Center in Everett, Wash., from pancreatic cancer after a long battle with kidney failure. He was 71.
Bill was born March 28, 1942, in Canton, Ohio. He attended Canton McKinley High School, where he participated in wrestling and track and captained the football team and gained All-Ohio honors. At Princeton, Bill worked at Commons and was captain of the 1960 freshman football team and the 1963 Ivy League Football Co-Champions football team. He also was named to the All-Ivy League First Team as a tackle.
Bill was vice president of Cannon Club, where he roomed with Bill Leigh, Ralph Roberts, and Roy Zider. He graduated with a degree in civil engineering, and his career included working on the Boeing 747 and managing the construction of numerous buildings throughout the United States, notably at the University of Washington, Central Washington University, Clemson University, and the South Carolina Aquarium.
Bill had a passion for the outdoors and had climbed every major peak on the West Coast- from Mount Baker to Mount Whitney.
The class, especially the 1964 football seniors, extends deepest sympathy to Bill’s wife of 49 years, Aija Guedel; son Greg Guedel; daughter-in-law Christina Wygant; daughter Maija Braaten; son-in-law Karl Braaten; sisters Dede Busby and Donna James; and grandson Erik Braaten.