Charles H. Willauer ’59

Chip died on Feb. 14, 2013. He was a resident of Scarborough, Maine.

Born in Boston, the son of Arthur Osborne Willauer ’29, Chip attended the Noble and Greenough School. He was with us at Princeton until February 1957 —time enough to make numerous friends (David Hoopes described him as “funny, irreverent, old school”) and join Colonial Club (John Hill remembers “a dapper, urbane, articulate, and entertaining member of the class”).

Chip was the great-grandnephew of the American landscape master, Winslow Homer, and through him acquired a talent for art. Starting as an apprentice with the interior-decorating company Roach & Craven in 1960, Chip later acquired the company and for 45 years his talents graced countless homes throughout the Boston area.

Chip spent his summers at Prouts Neck, Maine, living in the studio he inherited from Winslow Homer, where the artist had lived and painted. It is now owned and restored by the Portland Art Museum. An avid sailor, Chip served as commodore of the Prouts Neck Yacht Club, president of the Prouts Neck Association, and warden of St. James Church. He is fondly remembered as continuing for 57 years a tradition of weekly “sings” started by his grandfather in the Prouts Neck community.

He is survived by his brothers, Peter ’56 and Bradford ’66, and many nephews and nieces.