Clark Travell ’45

Clark died on May 9, 1999, at his home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. His ashes were scattered from a B-26 (the bomber he flew during WWII) on Memorial Day weekend that year. He entered Princeton from Solebury School, the younger brother of Talcott '34. Clark was a member of Quadrangle Club. His Princeton studies were interrupted by service as a pilot in the First Tactical Army Air Force. He flew 65 combat missions in the European theater and received the Croix de Guerre plus the Air Medal with six oak leaf clusters. Clark returned to Princeton, married the former Joan Balch in 1945, and received a degree in economics cum laude in 1948. He joined Phelps Dodge Copper and then the William A. M. Burden Corp. as an officer of the Austral Oil Co. Clark and Joan moved to Wilton, Conn., and had four daughters, but divorced in 1966. He married the former Philippa Walter in 1977 and moved to Old Saybrook, Conn.

After our 50th reunion, Clark and Philippa divorced, and he moved to Florida, where he remained for his last few years. Clark is survived by his daughters, Susan Johnson, Blair McMorrow, Jill Travell, and Phyllis Travell-Greenhill, and by seven grandchildren and two great-granddaughters, to all of whom the class expresses deep sympathy.

The Class of 1945