Bruce Whiting Brown Jr. ’49

Bruce died Jan. 26, 2002, of respiratory failure. He was 76. He prepared for Princeton at Walnut Hills HS in Cincinnati, Ohio, and attended Ohio Wesleyan U. prior to service in the Pacific with the Navy during WWII. He transferred to Princeton in 1946 after his discharge. At Princeton, Bruce majored in psychology and was a member of the Glee Club and Quadrangle Club.

Bruce started work at the Gallup & Robinson Research Firm in Princeton after graduation and in 1957, left to work for Provident Mutual Life Insurance Co. He left there to work at the First Pennsylvania Bank in 1966, specializing in trusts and estates. He retired as a vice president in 1986. He was a volunteer at Paoli Memorial Hospital for nearly 15 years, and he enjoyed writing poetry, gardening, and making furniture. For anniversary and other celebrations he would always read an original poem for the occasion. He was quite active in attending class affairs at Princeton.

In addition to his wife, Marian, he is survived by three daughters, Catharine Brown Ebling, Sandra Brown, and Lisa Kohler, and three granddaughters. The class extends its deepest sympathy to them on their loss of this friendly and outgoing gentleman.

The Class of 1949