Edward Willoughby Middleton Jr. ’46

E. Willoughby "Wib" Middleton died Oct. 11, 2003, after a long illness, in Rochester, N.Y., where he lived and worked most of his life.

He attended Exeter, living off campus as a senior with Kingman Bassett, Tom Hargrave, and Reeves Hicks, who all were accepted to Princeton for 1942. But Wib joined the Army and did not come to Princeton until 1946. He married Nancy Snow in 1947 and they got an apartment in the "barracks" on Harrison Street (the former polo fields). Graduating in 1948, Wib went on to Cornell Law School and then into practice in Rochester.

In the 1980s, Wib went to DC at the invitation of Congressman Kenneth Keating to serve as minority counsel to the House Judiciary Committee. Afterward, he returned to Rochester to form an estate-planning firm.

Wib and Nancy spent many pleasant summers on Nantucket (their tranquility occasionally interrupted by noisy motorboat visits by Charlie Erdman from Edgartown). Wib will be remembered for his wonderful sense of humor, and deep love and affection for family and friends. Although joining the class late prevented his sharing many experiences, he will be greatly missed by those who knew him.

The class sends sympathy to Nancy and their four children, Edward III, Elizabeth, Anne, and Thomas; to his brothers, Jenkins '48 and Jack '53; and his cousin, Tom '48.

The Class of 1946