Charles Edward Whitehouse Jr. ’15

Last survivor of the Class of '15 and second oldest Princeton undergraduate alumnus, Charles "Cupid" E. Whitehouse Jr., died Mar. 21, 1995, in East Meadow, N.Y. He had turned 100 May 29, 1994.

Upon graduation, Whitehouse, a language major, began teaching at Kingswood, an independent boys' academy in Connecticut. In WWI, after training with the Royal Canadian Air Force, he flew many combat reconnaissance mission in France with the U.S. Army Signal Corps.

In 1920, he founded Globe Mail Agency, Inc., a Manhattan printing and mailing service. Owner and board chairman for 72 years until 1992, thereafter he continued weekly office visits to keep in touch. For most of his life, he rode the Long Island R.R. from his Roosevelt home to N.Y.C. He was considered Long Island's senior railroad commuter as to age and patronage. Even during the worst winter in recent memory, that of 1994, he only missed two days of work.

Whitehouse's wife of 55 years, Helen, died in 1976. A son, Charles B. '46, and a daughter, Naomi Ireland, also predeceased him. To his daughters, Thelma Riley and Rowena Elaine Follett, to Doris (Mrs. Charles B.) Whitehouse w'46, ten grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren, the Princeton University community extends its deep sympathy.

The Alumni Council