Arthur Edmund Pew III ’55

Art, of White Bear Lake, Minn., died after a long bout with Parkinson’s Oct. 2, 2020. He was 87.

Art was born June 28, 1933, in Philadelphia, the eldest son of Arthur E. Pew Jr. and Mary Elliott Trowbridge. Before attending Princeton, Art graduated from Hotchkiss School, where he was varsity baseball manager and active in varsity swimming. At Princeton he joined Charter Club, continued with swimming, and roomed with Rod Ferris and Mat Delafield.

Art was passionate about railroading. He served as a systems analyst and purchasing director before retiring from Burlington Northern. He was a generous supporter of small railroads in Maine and the Midwest, as well as railroad preservation groups. Art shared ownership of a private railroad car, named Gritty Palace, and loved to travel the country in it. He served on the board of the family’s Pew Charitable Trusts and with it was an early champion of environmental causes such as the threat of global warming.

Art was predeceased by his devoted wife of 60 years, Judith Gaylord Bowe. He is survived by four children, Karen Pew Matysik, Linda Pew Bucher, Arthur “Chip” Pew IV, and Marion “Mari” Pew; 10 grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; and his brother, R. Anderson Pew ’58.