Burton Francis Wilkinson Jr. ’51

Tony died of a heart attack Oct. 12, 2002. He was born in Buffalo, N.Y., the son of B. F. Wilkinson '26, and came to Princeton from Ridley College, in Ontario. He was a political science major, a member of Key and Seal, and advertising manager of the Nassau Lit. His roommates were James Kittelberger, John Hagman, David Klipstein, Calvin Rand, Henry Montgomery, and Wells Eighmy. While in the Army Counter Intelligence Corps he received a BS in foreign service from Georgetown. In Dec. 1953 he married Mary Elizabeth Casten, who died in Jan. 2000.

Tony began his banking career in 1960 at Security First National Bank. As senior vice president of Lloyds Bank California, he was one of the highest-ranking blind men in the banking community. He was chairman of the board of McNulty Broadcasting Corp., which owned radio stations in Northern California. Tony is survived by four children, Elizabeth W. Allingam, Laura W. Sinton, Burton III, and Charles; seven grandchildren; brother Alan '58; and a sister, Patricia McIntosh.

The Class of 1951