Aubrey Huston Jr. ’44

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Abs died May 14, 2002, at home in Lawrence Township, N.J.

He prepared at Episcopal Academy and St. George's School; at Princeton he was a member of Ivy Club, rooming with W. Myers. He left in 1942 to join the Army Air Corps, serving in the First Radio Squadron in the Pacific theater, including radar repair in the Tibetan Himalayas.

He was with the Hay Group of Philadelphia; a sales manager for Aberfoyle Manufacturing of NYC; vice president of J. P. Cleaver Co. of Princeton; and president and owner of the Princeton Executive Institute. He was an active member of the Princeton Skating Club, Pretty Brook Tennis Club, and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He won a Presidential Unit Citation for his work in civilian defense.

He served the class as vice president, for many years as costume chairman for Reunions, and doing annual giving telethons.

Abs is survived by his wife, Katharine; a son, Aubrey; two daughters, Natalie and Marion; his brother, Morrison '41; as well as by seven grandchildren, to all of whom his class conveys its deepest regrets.

The Class of 1944

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