Alan William Coles ’52

Diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer in Dec. 1991, Alan Coles died Dec. 30, 1991, in the Greensville Memorial Hospital in Emporia, Va. His memorial service was held in his home parish, Our Lady of Mt. Virgin Church, in Middlesex, N.J.

Alan graduated from Seton Hall Prep School, and as a freshman at Princeton, he roomed with Jed Damerel, Bruce Coe, and Peter Poten. He withdrew during his sophomore year to attend Newark College of Engineering, graduating in 1953. He worked briefly for Weston Electrical Instrument Corp., but was drafted for service in the Army. In 1955 he returned to Weston Corp., and in 1957 joined the Emeloid Co. Inc. When he retired he was sales manager with PMS Consolidated in Somerset, N.J. In Sept. 1958, Alan married Ann Lethbridge.

He was a past president and member of the board of directors of the Society of Plastic Engineers of New Jersey. He was active in the Beaver Brook Country Club in Clinton, N.J., and the Harkers Hollow Country Club in Phillipsburg, N.J. He also maintained a residence in Hilton Head, S.C.

Alan is survived by his wife, Ann, and four children, Elizabeth, Richard Alan, Carolyn C. Jones, and Thomas Arthur. We offer them our deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1952