E. Marshall Palmer ’40

Marsh died April 5, 2006, at Overlook Hospital in Summit, N.J., after a short illness.

He prepared at Reading (Pa.) High School. At Princeton, he majored in economics, graduating with honors. Marsh was on the freshman boxing and golf teams, and was a member of Triangle Club, the band, Glee Club, and Campus Club.

During World War II, he served in the Army Signal Corps, and retired with the rank of captain.

His 33-year business career was spent almost entirely with J.P. Stevens, where he rose to the position of director of administration. Marsh also served 20 years as trustee for the Philadelphia College of Textiles and Services (now Philadelphia University), from which he was awarded an honorary degree. He was a member of Fernwood Presbyterian Church, Forest Lake Club, Westfield Rotary Club, Reading Country Club (where he was a past club champion), and was an avid freshwater fisherman.

Marsh was married for 51 years to Frances Embry, who died in 1992. An infant daughter, Janet, died in 1944, and a son, David, in 1999. Marsh is survived by two sons, Stephen and Robert; a daughter-in-law, Sharon; two grandchildren; and two brothers, Richard and James. To them, his classmates extend their sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1940