Chandler Rittenhouse Brewer ’45

Chan died March 10, 2004, in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center after an extended and courageous battle with prostate cancer.

Chan entered Princeton from The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., and joined Cap and Gown. His Princeton career was interrupted by Army service with the 77th Division as a field artillery liaison observer. Returning to Princeton, he received an economics degree in 1948, followed by an MBA from New York University in 1958.

While at Princeton he played varsity soccer, basketball, and baseball. His baseball career was so outstanding that he was captain of the 1947 team, and received the Clark Cup and the Kafer Cup. His soccer career as goalie was equally outstanding and in 1942 he was a member of the National Soccer Coaches All-American Intercollegiate Soccer Team.

Chan was class vice president from 1942-47 and was a member of the Undergraduate Council. In 1948, he married Margaret Stoker and went to work for the Worthington Pump & Machinery Corp. in New Jersey. After five years with Worthington, Chan joined Chemical Bank, retiring as a vice president in 1984 after 31 years there.

In addition to Peg, Chan is survived by sons Russell II and Todd; daughters Amy Fitts, Penny Cattrell, and Tacey Brewer; 12 grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; and his brother, Russell. The class expresses sympathy to the family.

The Class of 1945