Alfred Hedges Munkenbeck Jr. ’41

Al died June 21, 2005, in Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital, where he served on the board for 25 years, including terms as treasurer and president.

A graduate of Brooklyn Polytechnic School, he majored in psychology at Princeton. Al was on the freshman swimming and lacrosse teams, and later was an All-American on the varsity lacrosse team. He served in ROTC and joined Tiger Inn. His roommates included Coakley, Eberle, Gaylord, George Harper, Hixon, Janney, Shenk, and Howie Smith.

Al served five years with the 186th Field Artillery Battalion, going in on Omaha Beach, fighting across Europe, and ending on V-E Day in Czechoslovakia. He was awarded a Bronze Star and separated as a captain.

After Columbia Law School, he joined a Wall Street law firm but left after two years to become an executive of American Brakeshoe Corp., where he spent 13 years (12 of them in Switzerland). He moved to Perkin Elmer as general counsel, retiring as vice president of finance in 1984.

Al served on several boards and kept up his skiing, sailing, and tennis well past his 80th birthday. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, the former Adelaide Celina Rickert; sons Alfred III and Peter '70; daughters Celina Kersh, Anne Sabra, and Mary Bennett '81, and 15 grandchildren.

The Class of 1941