He grew up in Darien, Conn., and Asheville, N.C., and graduated from St. Mark’s School, where he was manager of the school newspaper and rowed for the school.
At Princeton, he majored in history, belonged to Colonial Club and Whig-Clio, and was on the business staff of The Tiger Magazine. Senior year he roomed with Duke Lohr and Ed Whitman.
After Princeton, he graduated from Navy Officer Candidate School and saw action in the Vietnam War as ship’s navigator and ship officer aboard the USS Mauna Loa.
Ben had a long and impressive career in banking, beginning at Chemical Bank and continuing at Lehman Brothers, Shearson Lehman Hutton (where he headed the European office), McFarland Dewey & Co., and SeaView Capital.
He was a longtime member of The Coral Beach & Tennis Club in Bermuda, The Mill Reef Club in Antigua, The Dunes Club in Narragansett, and The Hope Club in Providence.
Ben is survived by wife Jean, son Benjamin, daughter Katherine, brothers Joel and George, and five granddaughters, to all of whom the class extends its condolences.