Edward Payson Travis Jr. ’50

Ed Travis died at Stephens Memorial Hospital in Norway, Maine, on April 3, 1999, after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 72.

Ed prepared for Princeton at the Peddie School and the Hun School. At Princeton, he was in the Glee Club and the Press Club, and was captain of the golf team. In 1946 he was the Metropolitan Junior Golf Champion. Ed served in the Navy from 1944-46 as a member of the Seabees.

Entering Princeton as a sophomore, he was in the Navy V-5 program. He played varsity golf, but left Princeton after one year. He was also in the Navy V-12 program at Bates and attended Worcester Polytechnical Institute.

A longtime summer resident of Shepard's Camps in Norway, Ed eventually moved to Maine in 1944, to be the golf pro at Norway Country Club. He also worked at A. C. Lawrence Leather Co. for 11 years, was a tax accountant for 30 years, and was owner of Travis Realty for the past 20 years.

Ed was a member and former chair of the board of directors of Stephens Memorial Hospital for 27 years. He was also an officer in the Western Maine Healthcare Assn., and a trustee of the Market Square Living and Rehabilitation Center.

Survivors include his wife of 25 years, Diane, a stepdaughter, Anne Walter, and three stepsons, Ian Walter, Rick Walter, and John Walter, to whom the class sends its deepest sympathies.

The Class of 1950