Charles Douglas Hardy ’52

Doug came from the Morristown School and followed his father, a member of the Class of  1925, to Princeton. He studied basic engineering and joined Cottage. He played 150-pound football, was on the Orange Key freshman committee, and belonged to the Rugby Club. He roomed with Dick Billings, Bill Mills, and Bob Warren.

After Navy OCS he served in Korea and earned an MBA at Harvard in 1958. His work life was spent running his family business, Old Deerfield Fabrics, in Cedar Grove, N.J. 

Doug died May 6, 2021. He is survived by his children, Charles, Ann, Jean, and Jill. The class sends good wishes with special thanks for Doug’s service to our country.