Craig S. Bartlett Jr. ’55

Scott was born April 24, 1933, in Montclair, N.J., the eldest son of Gertrude Louise Selvage and Craig Scott Bartlett. He died Jan. 15, 2017, peacefully at home. 

Scott was a graduate of the Kent School and Princeton. He then took accounting and business courses at New York University, the City College of New York, and the American Institute of Banking. He went on to graduate from the Stonier Graduate School of Banking.  

Beginning as a banker at Chemical Bank, he later became vice president of the Bank of New York. In 1968, Craig went into investment banking, and then returned to commercial banking in 1973.  

When he accepted early retirement in 1990, he was an executive vice president, chairman of the credit-policy committee, and senior lending officer at Westminster Bank. For the next 23 years he devoted his time to corporate board work. He also served for more than 30 years as an arbitrator for the National Association of Securities Dealers, New York Stock Exchange, and Financial Industry Regulatory Authority .  

He retired to the Ford Plantation in Richmond, Ga. He enjoyed bridge as well as acting as a board member for the Savannah Philharmonic. Even in retirement, he remained active as a “day trader,” and his daily call to his broker was the highlight of his day. 

One of his great joys was his yearly trip to Rockywold Deephaven Camps on Squam Lake in New Hampshire. It provided great joy for a man who loved people and delighting his family with his stories. 

Craig is survived by Elizabeth, his wife of 58 years; children Craig, Laura, Susan, and Robert; nine grandchildren; and his brother, Bruce.