Burton A. Ford Jr. ’44

Burt died Dec. 28, 2006, in Jacksonville, Fla. He and his wife of 62 years, Carolyn, resided on Amelia Island, Fla., since 1994.

Burt served as our reunion chairman from 1986 to 1989 and encouraged other classmates to serve during the 25 years the couple lived in the Princeton area. Born in Washington, D.C., and raised in Maryland, Burt prepped at St. Paul’s. At Princeton, he majored in psychology, roomed with Paul Fuzy and Sid Howell, and was a member of Prospect Club. He was active in freshman football, 150-pound football, and lacrosse. Through wartime acceleration, he graduated in 1943, and then flew his assigned Piper Cub, Chipunk (a family nickname), over German lines in Europe, obtaining ranges for our field artillery.

After the war, Burt worked in the Yellow Pages advertising and marketing division of Reuben H. Donnelley Corp. until retiring in 1982. Burt and Carolyn were the grandparents of the Class of 1974’s class baby, Marianne Ford Alexander. Besides Carolyn, Burt is survived by two sons, Burton A. III ’66 and Richard C. ’68; 13 grandchildren; and 15 great-grandchildren. Another son, Thomas ’74, predeceased him. We appreciate Burt’s gifts of his time and efforts to our class, and our condolences go to his family.