Edward Kennedy Torrington ’40

Ken’s wife of 40 years, the former Patricia Flynn, said Ken died peacefully March 26, 2005, his mind sharp to the end, in Big Canoe, Ga.

He prepared at St. George’s School. At Princeton he majored in art and archaeology, achieving second-group honors and graduating with honors. He lettered in swimming, was associate photographic editor of The Daily Princetonian, and was a member of Quadrangle Club.

Just out of college, Ken volunteered for the Naval Reserve, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander with destroyer assignments in the Atlantic and Pacific theaters during World War II.

Ken became a partner in the Kennedy Galleries of New York City in 1945 and he continued there until 1953. Most of the rest of his career, he served as chief photographer for Lindsay Newspapers in Florida. He married Olive Greer in 1946, but they later were divorced.

He was an avid reader and computer devotee. Yachting and aerial photography (for which he earned a pilot’s license) were other interests.

To Patricia; his children from his first marriage, Kennedy Mason Torrington, Victoria Czarnowski, and George Torrington; his stepchildren from his marriage to Patricia, Michele Wuentz, Stephan Miller, and Cynthia Linenberger; and nine grandchildren; Ken’s classmates wish to offer their belated condolences.