Albert Emanuel Penalosa Jr. ’42

Al died May 21, 2001, in New Preston, Conn. For much of his career he was actor, director, and producer in theatre, movies, and TV, until he switched to public relations. Illness forced him to retire in 1982.

After preparing for Princeton at Baldwin [Long Island] H.S., Al majored in English, was a member of Dial Lodge, and a mainstay of Theatre Intime in his undergraduate days. He eventually turned his extracurricular activity into a profession. During WWII, he served in the Navy, in the European theater as a lieutenant (j.g.). He said that retirement provided an opportunity to reflect and readjust values, to return to important moral and spiritual truths, to continue creative efforts that got sidetracked in the hurly-burly of establishing a career — a chance to return to one's faith and receive spiritual support.

As Al never married the class offers its condolences to all his friends and admirers in his chosen field, entertainment.

The Class of 1942