Alexander B. Smythe ’46

Sandy died June 27, 2001, of heart failure after bypass surgery. Son of Frank C. Smythe 1894, Sandy grew up in Philadelphia and came to Princeton from Upper Darby H.S. to major in engineering. He served from 1943-46 in the 17th Armored Engineer Battalion in Europe, graduated with honors in 1949, and served in Korea with the 712th Railway Battalion of the 8th Army.

Married to Dorothy Sisson in 1950 (who died in 1972), Sandy continued a railroad and construction career working for Pa. Highways Dept., Reading and Amtrak railroads, and a prestressed concrete firm that constructed the Woodrow Wilson School and the Astrophysics Lab columns at Princeton. He collected model train locomotives avidly.

Sandy retired to Hilton Head Island in 1982 with Virginia Legler, whom he married in 1973. He enjoyed cheering for the Tigers, traveling, and sporting with his two Yorkie dogs. He is survived by Virginia and a stepson, Peter Acker, whom the class joins in mourning a loyal classmate.

The Class of 1946