Edward Powell Thomson Watson ’36

Ed died Mar. 21, 2001; he was 87. His father, Dr. Charles R. Watson, was founder and president of the American U. in Cairo, Egypt.

Ed prepared at Hotchkiss. At Princeton he was captain of the varsity soccer team. He majored in history and was elected to Phi Kappa Beta. In 1954, he received his PhD from Harvard.

Before WWII, he studied two years at Harvard's graduate school and taught briefly at Worcester Polytech and the U. of Massachusetts. He served three years in the war in the U.S. Navy Supply Corps. After training, he was assigned to the Southwest Pacific theater as a disbursement officer with the rank of lieutenant. (j.g.). He was awarded a Battle Star and the Navy secretary's commendation.

In 1948 he joined the faculty of North-western U. and retired after 40 years as a professor in its graduate school's Department of Management.

Ed is survived by his wife, Barbara Quimby, whom he married in 1946, son Thomas, daughters Pauline Reeder and Althea Rowe, sister Margaret Sanderson, and two grandchildren. He lived a very productive life and will be remembered by his friends in the class.

The Class of 1936