Ben Ethan Tate Jr. ’40

Ben died on Jan. 21, 2000, in Cincinnati, where he had spent most of his life. He prepared at Lawrenceville, where he played on several athletic teams. At Princeton he majored in geology, garnering departmental honors, played baseball, was a class vice president and a member of Tiger Inn.

Ben attended Harvard Business School and the U. of Cincinnati Business School before joining the Navy in the Pacific theater during WWII. He was discharged in 1945 as a lieutenant after being awarded a Presidential Unit Citation with nine stars.

Ben's career was in coal production and sales. He became president of United Colleries in 1953. He was an active figure in Cincinnati life, including Boy Scouts, Community Chest, Racquet Club, and Camargo Club.

Our class extends its much belated, but sincere, sympathies to his surviving family: son Ben III, daughters Mary and Elizabeth Hedgecock, stepsons Charles Scott and Henry Scott, stepdaughters Kathleen Scott and Lynn Scott, five grandchildren, and three step-grandchildren.

The Class of 1940