Ellwood W. Godfrey ’33

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ELLWOOD GODFREY died in Vero Beach, Fla., June 12, 1990. Ellwood was born July 17,1910, in Ambler, Penn, He prepared at Lawrenceville. In college Ellwood was in Triangle and Cottage. He was a member of the 1936 Olympic field hockey team. Ellwood graduated from Penn med. school in 1937. In 1943 he received a degree in med. science (radiology) from Penn,

During 'WWII Ellwood served in the Navy Medical Corps in the South Pacific, emerging as a commander in 1946. He practiced medicine in Hartford, Conn., until his move to Princeton, where he served on the borough council and created the hospital's radiology dept.

On Aug. 28,1939, Ellwood married Sophia Moore, in Blue HUI, Me. They had four children: Andrew, Georgiana Leonard, Caroline Werth, and Sophia Bauer. There are six grandchildren. Ellwood is also survived by a sister, Margaret Bradford.

To Sophia and to all the family we send our deep sympathy. We have lost a good friend.

The Class of 1933

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