Clarence Peabody Mitchell ’43

Clarence died July 20, 1998, at his home in West Chester, Pa., of congestive heart failure. He was 77.

He retired from teaching English at Valley Forge Military Academy and College in 1978, after 19 years with the school. Clarence's previous academic and business experience included Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia, Sun Oil Co., and the Pennsylvania Railroad.

A native of NYC, Clarence also lived in Bernardsville, N.J. He graduated from St. Paul's School, Concord, N.H. At Princeton he was a history major and a member of Colonial Club. Among Clarence's undergraduate roommates were George Hoblitzelle, Jim Clements, George Mergenthaler, and Norm Russell. Clarence saw Army service during WWII.

Clarence was a member of St. James Episcopal Church in Downingtown, the Charlestown Township school board, and a volunteer for Meals on Wheels in West Chester.

He is survived by two sisters, Sylvia Mitchell Clark and Marianne A. Olsen. We offer heartfelt sympathies to the members of the family.

The Class of 1943