Alfred Gawthrop Genung ’31
Al died Oct. 24, 2001, at his son's home in Woodbury, Conn. He was 91. He prepared at Plainfield [N.J.] HS and Exeter. At Princeton he was a member of Cloister Inn.
Al was a director of public relations in the Ninth Federal Savings & Loan Assn. of N.Y. He received an L.L.B. degree from St. Lawrence U. in 1938 and worked for Home Title Guaranty, Bankers Trust, and Franklin Savings.
Al was active in civic affairs in Plainfield, serving as commissioner of public housing, head of the Community Chest, a member of the city's Republican Committee and a trustee of the United Family and Children's Society. He was a trustee of the Plainfield Area Humane Society and Plainfield Historical Society and a member of the Plainfield Country Club and Phi Delta Phi.
Al was a devoted Princetonian and a very loyal class member. Later in life he moved to Princeton, then to Connecticut. Surviving are his two children and two grandchildren. The class extends its deepest sympathy to the family.
The Class of 1931
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