Bradford Cochran ’37

Brad Cochran died Dec. 14, 1999, shortly after moving from Bernardsville, N.J. to Sherborn, Mass., to be near his two daughters. "Our food bill had quadrupled, but we loved all the action," said Betsy, his wife of 58 years, who survives with children Sheila, Jock, Ben, Lolly, Barbara, and 10 grandchildren.

Brad came to Princeton from Deerfield, where he was active in soccer. At Princeton, he majored in history and was a member of the soccer team, the Intl. Relations Club, Westminster Society, and Cap and Gown.

After graduation and a trip around the world, Brad worked in New Hampshire as an advertiser with the Natl. Biscuit Co. for three years and then went into the Army as a private, ending up a first lt. in the field artillery with numerous campaigns in the European theater.

After being a copy writer and account executive with Cervan, Cowan and Dangler in NYC, he began a long banking career with Natl. Newark and Essex Bank, becoming senior v.p. in charge of the commercial loan department. In 1952, he was treasurer of the Bonnie Brae School for critically neglected boys, and in 1953 earned a graduate degree in banking at Rutgers. In 1991, he and Betsy took a walking tour of Switzerland. "If you think we climbed even the small Alps and carried 60-lb. packs, forget it."