Arthur Gwyer Gilkes ’39

Art died on July 25, 1999, in Chicago, Ill. He studied chemistry at Princeton, earned a law degree at NYU, and served as an aviator instructor in the USNR. He had a distinguished career as a patent attorney with Standard Oil of Indiana, and manager of the company's patents and licensing department. He played a key role when Amoco acquired certain "breakthrough" polyester technology from a small group of chemical entrepreneurs on Long Island. Art went on to license these patents throughout the world.

We remember him as the captain of our 1938 cross-country track team, as a member of the Princeton/Cornell team that met Oxford/Cambridge in England, and, years later, as our AG class agent when he enjoyed the opportunity to maintain and establish new contacts with classmates.

In retirement Art and his wife, Ann, enjoyed summers racing their sloop in Northeast Harbor, Maine, and winter golf in the Village of Golf, Fla. To Ann, their four children, and eight grandchildren we offer our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939