Alexander H. Ardrey Jr. ’44

Alex died April 2, 2012, at home in Lynchburg, Va., after a long bout with Alzheimer’s disease.

A Hotchkiss graduate, Alex was associate editor of the Nassau Sovereign and a member of the Chapel Choir and Tower Club at Princeton. He first roomed with Jim Bell and Hugh Peterson, then with Jim Affleck, Frank Gentes, and Alan Watson.

Alex was majoring in politics and English before entering the Army, where he rose from private to captain while serving in Europe.

During the Paris liberation, he met Marie-Therese Verine. After graduating in 1947, he married her in 1948. He was recalled during the Korean War and served 17 months in the Air Corps Reserve.

Alex joined Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City and became a vice president in 1982 while living in Pleasantville, N.Y., where he was in the St. John’s Episcopal Church vestry. Each summer he and Marie sang for a week in the Berkshire Choral Society and enjoyed performing in a choral trip to England. Alex enjoyed reading and hooking rugs. Over the years they often attended Princeton football games.

He is survived by his wife; daughters Marie Lucie, Jacqueline, and Alice; son Elliot; two sisters; 13 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.