Alan Lochiel Cameron ’42

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AL DIED Jan. 31, 1990, at Queen of the Valley Hospital in Napa, Calif., after a protracted illness. At the time of his death, he was a retired stockbroker, having spent his entire career in the investment field.

A native of NJ., Al came to Princeton via Montclair Academy and Glen Ridge High School. He was a member of Cannon Club and, like most of the Class, went into the service immediately after graduation. A captain in the U.S. Army, he was a communications officer in New Guinea, the Philippines, Okinawa, and Japan.

After the war, he joined Merrill Lynch as a broker in their NY office. He subsequently moved to Hemphill Noyes & Co., where he became a general partner. Following the merger of Hemphill Noyes with Homblower Weeks, he was offered the partnerincharge position for their San Francisco office. He and his family moved to Calif. in 1967. He was a member of the V.F.W. and the Napa Lions Club, and was a talented piano player.

To his sons, Alan Jr. and Michael, and to his brother, Charles, the Class extends its most sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1942

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