Clyde Shannon Roche ’39

Clyde died July 2, 2003, at St. Luke's Hospital in NYC after a short illness. Clyde and Sandra, his wife of 46 years, lived in the same apartment on Central Park West for more than 40 years. From there Clyde made a reverse commute daily to Rahway, N.J., where he managed press relations and communications for Merck & Co., Inc., for three decades. At his retirement, he was executive director of communications for Merck.

A part of the large Lawrenceville School contingent in the class, Clyde stood out even then as a scholar, sportsman, writer, and raconteur. From 1941-45, he was on active duty with the Army's 82nd Airborne Division, serving first in Panama and then in the European theater of operations, seeing action in Holland and the Battle of the Bulge. He and Sandra had three daughters, Melissa, Eleanor, and Valerie, two sons-in-law, and four grandsons. They will miss him, and so will we.

The Class of 1939