Edward Rydell Baumann ’31

Ed died Dec. 15, 2001, in Choccolocco, Ala. He prepared at New Trier HS and at Princeton was a member of Elm. He worked in the printing business for several years, then became a buyer for Marshall Field's. In 1941 he entered the Army as a private and rose to captain before his discharge in 1946. A purchasing and contracting officer in the Fourth Service Command, he received a Commendation of Merit.

Ed then joined La Barge Furniture as designer and buyer. He also showed and raised saddlebred horses. Active with the Choccolocco Boy Scouts, he also grew blueberries, for which he was famous.

Ed's nephew, two great-nieces, two great-nephews, and his caregiver, Sue Pugh, survive him. The class extends its deepest sympathy to all of them.

The Class of 1931