Arthur Vincent Meigs ’33

Art died of complications related to a stroke on Aug. 9, 1996. He had lived for many years in Washington, D.C., and was a good citizen of that community.

He was born in Philadelphia but moved to Washington as a child. He graduated from Sidwell Friends School, where his closest friend was our classmate Bob Clifford. At Princeton he was active in debating and was a member of the American Whig Society, the St. Paul's Society, and Colonial Club.

After college, Art attended Harvard Law School from which he graduated in 1937. He practiced law in Philadelphia for three years and then returned to Washington. He became a voluntary full-time worker for the Moral Rearmament Program in Great Britain, Holland, and Switzerland as well as the US and Canada.

In 1955 Art married Ellen Lee Blackwell. They lived in Cleveland Park in Washington for many years, and Art was active in the Cleveland Park Citizen's Assn. He was a loyal and interested alumnus and was a regular attendant at university functions.

Art was above all a good citizen, and he devoted his life to making the world around him a better place. He is survived by his wife, Ellen, and by his daughter, Mary B., and his son, Edward B.

The Class of 1933