Edwin White Sutton Jr. ’35

White died Mar. 14, 1999, in Laguna Hills, Calif., of bilateral pneumonia. He was 85. Born and raised in Honolulu, he prepared at Punahou Academy, where he played on the school tennis team and participated in numerous other sports activities. At Princeton, he graduated with honors in economics and received a certificate from the School of Public & Intl. Affairs. During senior year he roomed with Llewellyn Thomas.

After graduation, White returned to Hawaii and worked in procurement and purchasing for Dole Pineapple and Castle & Cooke. During WWII, he served with the Hawaiian Police Reserve. In 1945 he married the former Nan Baker; their son, Edwin White III (called Ted), was born two years later.

In 1972, White was promoted to certified purchasing manager for Dole at its head office in San Francisco. He and Nan moved to the mainland; he retired in 1978. They became residents of Rossmoor Leisure World in Laguna, Calif., where White excelled in lawn bowling. Together he and Nan traveled widely-to places such as Fiji, Indonesia, and the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Ore.

In 1990, both helped found Faith Episcopal Church in Laguna Niguel, Calif. Their son Ted died June 5, 1999-less than three months after his father. To Nan and White's brother, Richard "Ike" Sutton, the class extends deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1935