Albert Evans Walker ’31

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Albert E. Walker died in Elizabeth [Pa.] Hospital, on Nov. 14, 1997, of a breathing insufficiency. He was 88.

A lifelong resident of Elizabeth, for many years Al was employed by Sterling Varnish Co. in a sales capacity, and retired as director of sales of the Sterling Division of Reichold Chemical Inc. in 1970.

In 1942 Al joined the Navy in the Armed Guard and Port Director services, and served in the American, European, African, and Asiatic/Pacific theaters, retiring with the rank of lieutenant commander in Nov. l946.

In 1952 he married Mabel "Sue" Crane, whose father, brother, and uncle had all graduated from Princeton, and together Al and Sue were regulars at college and reunion functions. They had no children. Al was an avid fisherman, a stalwart golfer, and an ardent world traveler, and is sadly missed by his widow, Sue, to whom the class sents its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1931

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