Bruce P. Wilson ’42

Bruce Wilson, a prominent Baltimore businessman and community leader, died July 5, 2012, following a stroke.

Bruce was born in Binghamton, N.Y., the son of Thomas Wilson 1913. He prepared for college at the Adirondack-Florida School and Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton he played football on teams that regularly beat Yale. He was on the track team and class marshal, as well as vice president of Cap and Gown. He majored in SPIA and graduated with honors.

Shortly after graduation, Bruce joined Battery B of the 498th Armored Field Artillery Battalion. He continued to serve with this unit for the rest of World War II, ultimately becoming its commander. He was discharged as a major.

Bruce worked for several business enterprises, including a can company, a railroad, and a brewery. In 1975 he became president and COO of Mercantile Safe Deposit & Trust Co., a position he held until retirement. Bruce was a director of a number of Baltimore businesses and charitable organizations. In all this activity he remained a strong and highly ethical person, admired by his competitors as well as by his associates.

Bruce is survived by his son Jay ’69; daughters Barbara Schweizer, Katharine Denby, and Laura Werntz; 12 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. To them all, the class sends sympathy.