Amidee Tebo Haviland Jr. ’42

Tebo died June 21, 2014, in Florida after a long life as a student, a soldier, and a businessman.

He was born in Garden City, N.Y., and prepared for college at Hotchkiss. At Princeton, Tebo participated in ROTC and was a member of Cannon Club. He graduated with honors in geology and was awarded membership in Sigma Xi.

After initial training at Fort Sill, Tebo was assigned to the Fourth Division as an artillery officer and landed on the Normandy beachhead on D-Day. As a forward observer, he participated in the dash across Normandy, the entry into Paris, and the move of the American Army into Germany. The units to which he was attached fought in the Hürtgen Forest and the Battle of the Bulge.

After the war, Tebo entered the advertising business, working first for Family Circle and then for Ladies Home Journal. He and his first wife, Mildred, had three sons, Amidee Tebo Haviland III, Paul, and Blair, who died June 13, 2014. After Mildred’s death, he married Nancy and continued to enjoy the closeness of family life. He particularly appreciated opportunities to play golf as well as to be active outdoors.