Benson B. Sloan Jr. ’37

FRIENDLY, VIVACIOUS, INVETERATE REUNER Ben Sloan died of heart failure Oct. 29, 1990.

At Groton he was on the crew, debated, and was cheer leader. At Princeton he was on the freshman crew, majored in English, and was in Colonial Club.

Ben started as an investment analyst with City Bank Farmers before almost five years in the Army, starting as a private and ending up a captain. At Mather Field, Calif., as a Flying Cadet, he won his wings and became a lieutenant and navigator. Then came the South Pacific with the 435th Bomb Squadron in New Guinea, Papua, and the Solomons, participating in B17 forays on enemy shipping lines and such Japanese strongholds as Rabaul. He was cited for meritorious achievement for over 100 missions, Sept.Nov. 1942, and received the Air Medal with cluster and a Presiaential Citation with cluster. His last assignment was as an air and radar inspector at Clovis, N.M., where he met and married Virginia Stephens in July 1945.

Ben's business career was as a highly successful stockbroker with Harris Upham, where he became a partner . 1954. He retired to Tequesta, Fla. in 1965.

Ben III arrived in 1947 and Stephanie in 1952, and later producing six grandchildren.

The Class of 1937