Edward L. Stanley ’40 *47

It seems such a short while ago that Ed was anticipating another productive sugaring season from his Pennsylvania maple trees and another vigorous hike in the mountains he loved. It was not to be; he died suddenly in Keene Valley, N.Y., Aug. 26, 2003.

"Princeton," he wrote in our 50th Reunion book, "has been part of the family: father (Edward Otis Stanley 1906); two cousins; big brother (David '37), and son (Jonathan '68)."

Ed prepared at Montclair and Deerfield academies. At Princeton he majored in chemistry, graduating with high honors, and inclusion in Sigma Xi and Phi Beta Kappa. He followed with a master's and a PhD in the same halls.

He worked in management for Rohm and Haas Co. in the US and Far East until 1976, then worked as an independent consultant on environmental energy sources.

In 1948 Ed married Alice K. Davies, who shared his enthusiasm for world travel, mountain-climbing (Mounts Olympus, Parnassus, and Kilimanjaro), tennis, and hiking. He is credited with two first ascents in the Adirondacks in the 1930s. Old Nassau drew him back regularly.

His classmates extend their sincere condolences to Alice; his sons, Jonathan '68 and Bevan; two grandsons; two granddaughters; brother David; and sisters Emily Hirsch, Margaret Wiener, and Mary Culbertson.

The Class of 1940