Alfred Raleigh ’48

Alfred Raleigh died at his home in Strafford, Pa., on Dec. 13, 1997. He was 71.

Alf was born in Baltimore and followed the great tradition of so many Baltimoreans: Calvert School, Gilman School, Princeton. At Princeton he majored in history and was in Charter. He was in the Merchant Marine from 194446 and graduated from Princeton in 1951.

Alf went into banking, first in Baltimore, then NYC, and finally in Philadelphia. He was a senior investment officer at the Girard Bank and, from 1970 until he retired in 1993, with the Mellon Bank.

In 1963 he married Laura Arnold in Gibraltar.

Alf never lost his love of the sea from his Merchant Marine days. His history major carried him on in later years as an avid historian, reading five or six books every week. He was a chess and bridge player as well as a classical music addict.

To his widow, Laura, sons Alfred and George, and brother Richard, the class extends its deepest sympathy and shares in their loss.

The Class of 1948