Alfred O. Therkildsen ’37

Turk came to Princeton from Kent School in Connecticut, where he was a member of the tennis team and glee club.

At Princeton, Turk majored in economics. He enlisted in the 101st Cavalry in 1939. Following Officer Candidate School at the University of Florida, he was commissioned in the Air Corps and was discharged in 1946 as a captain.

Turk was associated with the textile industry and Varpot Co. He lived in Old Greenwich, Conn., for a while and then became office manager of the Olin Corp. in Hannibal, Ohio, and East Alton, Ill. After taking early retirement from Olin in 1972, he joined the Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs as a data-processing analyst. He retired from the Illinois Department of Revenue in 1986. Some of his hobbies were chair caning and furniture refinishing.

Turk married Barbara Cordwell Barrows, and they had five sons and one daughter. Barbara predeceased him. He is survived by his children and their families, including 12 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. We send our condolences to them all, as we will miss a loyal and endearing fellow classmate.