Alberto F. Fernandez ’40

Al’s sister, Gladys Smithee, reported that he died Oct.14, 2012.

Al was born in Santiago de Cuba. He prepared at Choate School and followed several relatives to Princeton, including John T. Smithies ’34. At Princeton he majored in mechanical engineering. He was on the 150-pound crew and was a member of Colonial Club.

Upon graduation, he worked in his family’s agricultural and business interests in Oriente, Cuba. He wrote in our 25th yearbook that he participated in general efforts to “cleanse our corrupt government . . . the struggle against the Batista dictatorship.” He was executive director of the Fund for the Relief of Cuban Exiles. From 1940 to 1959, he was executive vice president of Compania Azucarera America, in Oriente.

Al enjoyed scuba diving, golf, tennis, fishing, and hunting. He married Ofelia Rionda in Havana in 1943, and they had three children, Ileanne, Marianne, and Federico. To them and his other survivors, Al’s classmates extend their sympathies.