Abram Paul Funkhouser ’45

Paul died on July 19, 2000, after battling Alzheimer's disease. Paul entered Princeton from Woodberry Forest. He served in the Army Chemical Warfare Service. Paul graduated in 1947 magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa. He received a law degree from the U. of Virginia, married the former Eleanor Rosalie "Rodie" Gamble of Charlottesville, and joined the Virginia law firm Hunton Williams. He left to join the Norfolk and Western Railway Co. and in 1963 became senior vice president of sales and marketing with the Pennsylvania Railroad. Paul later joined Seaboard Coast Line Railroad and in 1977 became president and CEO. In 1982 Seaboard merged with the Chesapeake & Ohio to form CSX Corp. and Paul assumed the presidency.

Paul retired in 1986 and devoted himself to community service, including the boards of Woodberry Forest, Hollins College, the U. of Va. Darden Graduate Business School, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. In addition to Rodie, Paul is survived by a son, John Paul '76; a daughter, Eleanor Doar '79, and her husband Michael Doar '78; a sister, Mrs. Lewis C. Reid; and six grandchildren, to whom the class expresses its deep sympathy on the loss of an outstanding example of Princeton in the nation's service.

The Class of 1945