Edward Lambert Clifford ’27

Edward Lambert "Lam" Clifford died Mar. 19, 1997, in Worcester, Mass., a month after suffering a stroke at his home (1 Bancroft Tower Rd., Worcester 01609). Lam spent five years at Princeton. He majored in history, played on the freshman and varsity soccer squads, participated in the Triangle Club, and joined Tiger Inn. After graduation, he worked briefly with brokers Hornblower & Weeks in NYC. He attended Harvard Business School, graduating "with distinction" and an MBA in 1932. He then moved to Providence, becoming a v.p. of the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Co. and serving there from 193250.

During WWII, he served in the Navy as administrative and deck officer on the carrier Princeton, acquiring campaign medals for six battles and coming out as a lieutenant cmdr. He moved in 1950 to Worcester, becoming president of the Worcester County Natl. Bank, a director of AVCO Corp., Worcester Mutual Fire Insurance Co., Crompton & Knowles Corp., Hobbs Mfg. Co., and a trustee of the Worcester County Inst. for Savings. He was a v.p. of the Worcester Chamber of Commerce and a director of the Massachusetts Business Development Corp. Active in Republican politics, he served from 196265 on the Massachusetts Commission on Crime & Public Morality and as state treasurer of the party.

The Class of 1927