Arch B. Edwards ’58

Arch died May 7, 2016, in Roanoke, Va., of Alzheimer’s disease.

Arch was president of his high school class of more than 1,000 students at Tulsa Central High School and entered Princeton as a national scholar. He graduated summa cum laude in English, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and won the senior English prize for his thesis on Mark Twain. He served on the Undergraduate Council, was secretary-treasurer of Colonial Club, and chaired the campus fund drive. Recruited as a novice to the fencing team, he won the Freshman Fencing Medal and earned varsity letters. His senior-year roommates were Charlie Talbot, Charlie Singleton, Charlie Luger, Irv Hockaday, and Al Burgess.

After graduating with distinction from Harvard Business School in 1962, he began a management-consulting career with McKinsey & Co. He was named a partner and then elected director in the Washington office with responsibility for health-care clients. In 1980, he and his wife, Jane, chose a new path for themselves and their children in Edenton, N.C., the state’s first Colonial capital. There they renovated three houses and a tobacco barn to create the Lords Proprietors’ Inn. It was quickly acclaimed by travel writers as a premier lodging and dining destination and a centerpiece of the town’s historic waterfront.

Arch is survived by Jane, his wife of 53 years; three children; seven grandchildren; and a brother. The class extends its sincerest sympathy to them all.