Christopher H. Britton ’63

Kit died Sept. 27, 2024, in Falls Church, Va., following a stroke.

He came to us from Clarkstown Central Junior-Senior High School in New City, N.Y., where he captained the tennis team, was a member of the cross country team, served in student government, and was class salutatorian. At Princeton, he majored in English, wrote his thesis on D.H. Lawrence and was a member of Wilson Society, and business manager of Theatre Intime.

Upon graduation, Kit spent two years in the Peace Corps, living and working in Legaspi, a small provincial city in southern Luzon, the Philippines. Returning to the States, he did graduate work at American University in Washington, D.C., first in South and Southeast Asian studies and then in economics.

Kit began a career in urban development, taking jobs in Trenton, N.J., and Philadelphia and returning to Washington to work 17 years for the DC government on planning and development issues. He then moved to the private sector, working 17 more years as a residential real estate agent.

Kit was an avid reader, a genealogist, community activist, poetry writer, and in his retirement years, dedicated to his work as a naturalist with the Arlington Regional Master Naturalists.

Kit’s first marriage, to Bonnie Britton ended in divorce but produced two children, Matthew and Jessica. In 2001, he married Anne McKnight, who brought three children to the marriage: Molly Snyder, David McKnight, and Sidney McKnight. In addition to them, Kit is survived by 11 grandchildren.