Edward G. Engel ’37

Ed died July 26, 2007, at the Mount Vernon, N.J., home of his daughter, Suzanne. He formerly lived at Meadow Lakes in Hightstown, N.J.

He graduated from the Pingry School, where he was a member of the debating team, soccer team, and dramatic society. At Princeton, Ed was on the cross-country and track teams and was a member of the Glee Club, Triangle Club, and Theatre Intime. He majored in civil engineering, winning the 1861 prize in mathematics, and graduating with highest honors and election to Phi Beta Kappa.

After graduation, Ed worked as an engineer for M.W. Kellogg Co., Hydrocarbon Research Inc., and Yara Engineering Corp., of which he became president/chairman during the 1970s and 1980s. He served as trustee of the Union Foundation and E.J. Grassman Trust, and in the 1950s was elected to the Roselle (N.J.) Board of Education.

In 1988, the Pingry School presented Ed its Letter-in-Life Award, the highest award given to an alumnus. In its citation he was called “an outstanding business leader and father, quiet supporter of numerous charities,” who, with wife Pat, “truly made our world a better and more humane place.”

Ed’s wife of 45 years, Patricia Petty Engel, predeceased him. To Suzanne; Ed’s sister and brother-in-law, Mary and John Flannery; sister-in-law, Jane Engel; and many nephews and nieces, we extend loving sympathy.