Edward M. Shimamoto ’59

Ed died of lung cancer on Feb. 21, 2000, at Johns Hopkins Medical Center in Baltimore. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington Natl. Cemetery.

Ed was born and raised in Honolulu, where he attended the Punahou School before coming to Princeton. While many of us best remember Ed scurrying on and off the football field as the team's "water boy," his undergraduate days included several other activities: Orange Key, Hawaiian Club pres., Bric-a-Brac, junior prom committee, and Air Force ROTC squadron commander. Ed majored in architecture and ate at Cannon Club.

Following graduation Ed embarked on an air force career. At Goose Air Base in Labrador he met and married Elizabeth Dempsey in 1966; while at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico he earned his MBA from Inter-American U. Ed retired from the air force in 1980 and went to work for the facilities management division of the Delaware Department of Education. He retired from that position in 1998.

Ed's community activities included Rotary Club, the Dover Stamp Club, and Sam's Club.

Ed is survived by his wife, Betty, his son, Brian, his daughter, Ann, his brother, Denis, and his mother, Irene. To all of them the class extends its sincere condolences.

The Class of 1959