Charles W. Farnum ’31

Dusty died Dec. 30, 2000, in Vero Beach after a brief illness. Prior to his arrival at Princeton, he attended the Blue Ridge School in Hendersonville, N.C., and Kent in Kent, Conn.

At Princeton, Dusty won the W. Lyman Biddle Scholarship, Princeton Club of New York Prize for freshmen, Class of 1870 Prize in Old English, Class of 1879 Junior Prize in English, and was Phi Beta Kappa, a member of the Press Club, and vice president of Campus Club.

Dusty joined Bankers Trust shortly after graduation and remained with the bank until he retired in 1972 as an executive vice president and director, except for one interruption. In 1943 he joined the Navy and served on the eastern sea frontier and the Pacific. He was ground officer of an aircraft squadron, which was carrier-based on the USS Lexington, and was discharged in Jan. 1946 as a lieutenant.

He was intensely interested in the class, serving as president from 1976-81, and was an ex-officio member of the Princeton Alumni Council. In 1968 he received the Man of the Year award from the class.

Dusty lost both of his wives: Dorothy Whitney in 1965 and Charlotte Rappolt in 1987. Surviving are three children, three stepchildren, one nephew, seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. The class extends its deepest sympathy to the entire family.

The Class of 1931