C. Benson Wigton Jr. ’44

Ben Wigton died Nov. 20, 1997, after two years of melanoma in Portland, Maine. While a 17-year resident of Skillman, N.J., he and his family lived much of the year in Rangeley, Maine, in a cabin built by his grandfather in 1912.

A graduate of Exeter, where he later endowed a four-year scholarship for Maine students, he left Princeton after freshman year, having roomed with Charlie Manassa and Lloyd Jones. An Air Corps radio gunner, he flew 65 missions over Europe in a B-26 bomber. He returned to graduate from Rutgers with a BS in engineering. He ran the family engineering and architectural business in Plainfield, N.J., until he retired 10 years ago. He loved golf and tennis and was an avid fly fisherman.

Ben is survived by Dana, his wife of 52 years, sons Richard and Parker, daughters Dana and Robin (whose husband is Peter Moyer '69), 10 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. The class extends sympathy to all.