Alexander Alfred Newton ’37

Alexander Alfred Newton died Oct. 10, 2006.

Newt, as we knew him, was born in Chicago and also lived in Kenilworth, Ill. He prepared for Princeton at the Hun School and New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill., where he was on the track team and active in drama. Newt was on the track team and majored in politics at Princeton.

After college, Newt roamed the world as a merchant seaman. Returning to the United States he worked at the H.W. Kastor & Sons advertising agency in Chicago. Later Newt re-entered the merchant marine as a chief bos’n and was assigned to the U.S. Maritime Service Training Station in Brooklyn. After his discharge, Newt returned to Chicago and worked for the Branham Co. before moving to California.

He and his wife, Harriet, bought and sold land. They bought an estate in Ireland, built a house in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and were living in Malibu, Calif., at the time of his death. Some of his hobbies were hunting, fishing, sailing, and horseback riding.

Newt and Harriet had a son and a daughter. We shall miss him and send our loving sympathy and fond remembrances to his family and friends.