Erle B. Savage Jr. ’36

Erle, of Long Lake, Minn., died May 30, 1999.

He prepared at the Blake School in Minneapolis, graduating cum laude. At Princeton, he majored in English and belonged to Cottage Club. He was captain of our freshman hockey team and of the varsity team in his junior year.

He spent his business career in public relations and advertising with General Mills, BBD and O, Savage Lewis Co., and the Erle Savage Co., of which he was founder, president, and chairman.

His civic interests included United Fund, Red Cross, Junior Achievement, Mental Health Society, Northrop Collegiate School, and Macalester College. He served on the vestry of St. Mark's Cathedral. Erle, an excellent duck hunter and an avid sailor, was a past commodore of the Minnetonka Yacht Club. He was a member of St. Martin's by the Lake Episcopal Church and the Woodhill Country Club.

Erle is survived by his wife of 43 years, Barbara, sons Palmer and Robert, daughters Pamela Backstrom, Clare Robinson, and Pauline Gremp, sister-in-law Nancy Long Winton, 11 grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. He was predeceased by his first wife, Mary, and brother John C. '32. We have lost a loyal Princetonian and classmate.

The Class of 1936