Charles Benjamin Brush Jr. ’42

Ben died July 22, 2001, after complications from a stroke, in Port Chester, N.Y. He had retired in 1983 from Stroheim & Romann, a New York distributor of decorative fabrics, as senior vice president and treasurer. His career, with classmate Frank Judson, spanned 33 years, following seven years with Irving Trust Co. in NYC as assistant secretary.

Preparing at Exeter, Ben majored in psychology and was a member of Cannon Club. During WWII he served four years in the Army Signal Corps, as a lst lieutenant in the European theater.

Ben was always involved in his industry and his community and was dedicated to Princeton. A second-generation Tiger, he used his financial acumen as treasurer of the class and of several major reunions. He was president and director of the Credit Associates of the Decorative Trades, and treasurer and director of the Decorative Fabric Assn. His many civic contributions included serving 12 years with the town of Mamaroneck as councilman and on the board of Visiting Nurse Services in Westchester County for 13 years.

To his wife of 58 years, Joan, to his sons, Ben III and Peter, and to his four grandchildren (one a third-generation Tiger), the class offers its most sincere condolences.

The Class of 1942