Caspar Wister ’32

Cap, formerly of Leucadia, Calif., and Saranac Lake, N.Y., died Jan. 14, 2003, in Plattsburgh, N.Y. Cap graduated from St. Paul's School. At Princeton, he was on the football team, was captain of the lacrosse team his senior year, was president of the St. Paul's School club, and was the Ivy Club's undergraduate governor. Freshman and sophomore years he roomed with Fran Hart, and junior and senior years with Fran, Buzz Roberts, and Lew Van Dusen.

After Princeton, Cap worked as vice president for the Girard Trust Corn Exchange Bank in Philadelphia for many years. During this time he also served as an officer in the Navy from 1943 to 1946.

Cap is survived by his wife of 27 years, Uta Schlegel Wister; and by five daughters from his first marriage to Cynthia Wallace: Elizabeth Walcott, Cynthia Welch, Mary Rawlins, Isabel Wister, and Ann Wister. He also is survived by a stepson, Oliver Cass; his brother, Wynne '36, and wife Joan; his sister-in-law, Lillian Hirschbeck Wister; 12 grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter. To them all, the class sends its condolences.

The Class of 1932