Alfred Grebe Hemmerich ’50

Al Hemmerich died Aug. 23, 1997, on the way to the Reading [Pa.] Hospital. He was 68.

Al prepared at Mercersburg, where he was president of the senate. At Princeton he majored in psychology and was a member of Cloister Inn.

Following graduation, Al spent a year at Pennsylvania Law School, followed by a short stint at Central Penn Natl. Bank in Philadelphia, before joining Berkshire Knitting Mills. He was also president of Green Hills Management Co., a subsidiary of Gilbert Associates, retiring in 1993. He was director of Dauphin County Deposit Corp., Dauphin Deposit Bank, Bank of Pennsylvania, and Performance Sportswear.

At the time of his death Al was chairman of the Berks County Community Foundation. He was also cochairman of the Berks County Private Industry Council and secretary and trustee of the Wyomissing Foundation. In addition he was a member of the Foundation for the Reading Public Museum and a board member and chairman of the Reading Hospital and Highlands at Wyomissing.

Al is survived by his wife of 47 years, Mary, son William A., and daughter Susan H. Clark, to whom the class extends its deepest sympathies.

The Class of 1950