Edwin R. Huddy III ’51

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Ed was born March 25, 1929, in Trenton, N.J., to Edwin R. Huddy Jr. and Anna Dearden Huddy.

A graduate of Trenton High School, Ed majored in mechanical engineering and was on the swimming team. He belonged to Cannon Club and was president of the Student Branch of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Ed roomed with Bob Bodine, John Emerson, and Robert Zabel.

Ed served in the Air Force during the Korean War with the New Jersey Air National Guard, 141st Bomber Squadron. He worked for his father’s roofing business upon his release from active duty and married Joanna Pierce in 1955. He moved on in 1964 to work for the Educational Testing Service as clerk of the works and assistant superintendent of buildings and grounds. When Ed retired from ETS in 1994, he was overall director of facilities services.

He died Oct. 6, 2014, and is survived by Joanna; their children, Robert, William, Ruth Jacobs-Maziarz, and David; eight grandchildren; brother Albert; and sister Anne. Services were held at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church in Pennington, N.J. Memorial contributions may be made to Ed’s church or the Wounded Warrior Project.

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