Edward J. Kilcullen ’40

A resident of Westchester County, N.Y., for 54 years, Ed died on July 5, 2004.

Ed prepared at Newman School. At Princeton he majored in psychology, was active in football, track, and the 165-pound University Boxing Championship, was a member of the Catholic Club, and was senior manager of Key and Seal.

During World War II, he was a naval officer in the South Pacific. He served in the Korean War and later with the Destroyer Force, Atlantic Fleet, carrying troops to, he said, "the far-flung bases of the United States," retiring as a commander with four campaign ribbons and a battle star for the invasion of the Philippines. He was commanding officer of the Naval and Marine Corps Training Center in New Rochelle, N.Y., for three years.

Appointed director of Playland, a Westchester County park in 1955, Ed served for 28 years, retiring with effusive accolades for his management. He was a member of the board of directors of the International Amusement Park Association.

He is survived by his beloved wife of 61 years, Eloyse Collings Kilcullen; daughters Mary Thompson, Kathleen Padicano, Nancy Evjen, and Patricia Mackenzie; 14 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

"Of all of life's experiences, my family has been the most rewarding," Ed wrote in our 50th reunion book. To his family, his classmates extend their deep sympathies.

The Class of 1940