Clinton Tillinghast Crolius ’42

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Jim died July 5, 2000, at home in Wenham, Mass. He retired from the practice of law in 1990.

Coming to Princeton from Deerfield, he majored in English, graduating with high honors, and was a member of Cloister Inn. During WWII, he served as a marine pilot and flight instructor in the American theater.

After graduating from Harvard law school in 1948, Jim was a member of the law firms of Tillinghast Collins & Tanner in Providence and Ropes & Gray in Boston, before becoming affiliated with Sullivan & Worcester in 1959. He was a member of the boards of directors of the Charles Playhouse in Boston and the South Shore Music Circus in Cohasset.

To his widow, Elizabeth; his daughters, Katherine and Nancy; his sons, Bill and Steve; his three stepdaughters; his nine grandchildren; and his two great-grandchildren the class offers profound sympathies.

The Class of 1942

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