Alan Barnes Walker ’36

Alan died on Oct. 5, 1989, in Bridgeport, Conn., after a long illness. He was born June 7, 1915, in Flushing, N.Y. He was a relative of the late William H. Walker II. After graduating from the Loomis School, he majored in English at Princeton and was secretary of the American Cliosophic Society. He spent 33 years with U.S. Motors, a division of Emerson Electric Co. He served in several

management positions, including that of national production control manager. He retired in 1975 to pursue several hobbies.

He traveled six continents, climbed every major mountain in the East, and hiked to the top of the highest peaks in 46 states. Gordon Craig reports that another hobby of Al's was jazz, beginning in the early '30s. Thus, he was a pioneer, as was the deceased Paul Sheatsley. Al hunted down old recordings, and in his digs in South Edwards, he shared his interests with roommates Willis Snyder, Schuyler Crane, and Sam Vanneman. Gordon says that his musical tastes were changed by those nightly sessions, listening to cracked 78s on Alan's gramaphone. Al's wife reports that he also liked classical music.

Alan was a member of the Milford, Conn., board of education, the Appalachian Trail Assn., the Green Mountain Club, the Nature Conservancy, and the Assn. for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. He is survived by his widow, Jean Cootware Bonyai, and a brother, Keith Walker. Here was a man of many interests, all of which he mastered well. He led a good life.

The Class of 1936