Charles Paul Corrigan ’36

Clancy died of cancer Sept. 8, 1996, at the Morristown, N.J., home of his son Rory. He was 83. He prepared at Southampton [N.Y.] H.S. and Phillips Andover Academy. At Princeton he majored in civil engineering and was a member of Tiger Inn.

After graduation he worked for his father's construction company of Southampton and then at the New York World's Fair. In 1939 he began his 40-year career at American Brake Shoe Co., later to be known as Abex Corp.

During WWII, he served four years in the Marine Corps, 32 months of which he was assigned to a Sea Bees battalion engaged mostly in bomb demolition in five island campaigns in the South Pacific theater. He retired in 1946 as lieutenant. He met his future wife, Virginia Sutherland, then with the American Red Cross, on the island of Guam. They were married in 1946.

After the war Clancy returned to Abex in sales positions in Cleveland, NYC, and Chicago. He retired in 1978 as a v.p. Up to his death he had homes in Water Mill, N.Y., and Edisto Beach, S.C. Throughout his adult life he was active as a volunteer with several civic organizations.

Clancy is survived by sons, Peter and Rory, a daughter, Megan, and three grandchildren. The class will remember Clancy's enthusiasm for life, love for family, and loyalty to Princeton.

The Class of 1936