Arthur M. Crocker ’31

Art, or as he preferred, "Crock," died in Naples, Fla., Jan. 11, 2005.

He was born in New York and prepared for Princeton at Aiken Preparatory School and at St. Paul's in Concord, N.H. After graduation, Crock received his MBA at Harvard and worked in investment banking in New York City until receiving his commission in the Navy in 1943. He served in Iceland and the Pacific until his discharge as a lieutenant in 1945.

Crock served on the board of Sloane House of the YMCA in New York City. He was director of Planned Parenthood, secretary of the Constitutional Council for Forest Preservation of the North Shore of Long Island, and a member of many New York clubs including Piping Rock Club, Union Club, Princeton Club of New York, and the Down Town Association.

Gradually, he retired into the life that he loved in the forests of the Adirondacks and upper New England. Crock and his lovely wife, Barbara, traveled all over the world before settling for his last years in the comfort of Florida.

In addition to Barbara, Crock is survived by his children from his first marriage, Chester Arthur, Elizabeth Crocker O'Hara, and Marion L.; and by his stepchildren Tarrant and Harrington Putnam. Those in 1931 could always count on Crock, who was our current class president. He will be missed.

The Class of 1931