Alan Scott Watson ’49

Alan died as the result of an automobile accident on July 5, 1999, in Houston. He was 72.

He came to Princeton from the Hill School and majored in psychology. He belonged to Cottage Club and played varsity tennis.

He spent three years in the Army after graduation, and then entered the casualty insurance underwriting business and worked as an insurance analyst for Shell Oil Co. Shell transferred him to Houston in 1971 and he remained there until he retired in 1990 as Shell's senior insurance representative. He was an avid bowler and outdoorsman, and he enjoyed music greatly. His children and grandchildren all are musically inclined.

He is survived by his wife, Lucille, two daughters, Amy and Wendy, a son, Scott, and seven grandchildren. The class extends it deepest sympathy to them all.

The Class of 1949