Eugene McCamly Belknap Jr. ’53

Cam died of “old age” Sept. 9, 2011, in Spring Hill, Fla., according to Hannelore Martin, his partner of 20 years. The official cause was heart disease, his daughter, Lisa, later confirmed. He had not maintained contact with the class for 25 years.

Cam, the son of Eugene M. Belknap, was born in Toledo. He prepared for Princeton with the sizeable contingent from Mercersburg. He majored in English, dined at Charter Club, was a sharpshooter in IAA billiards, and belonged to the Sons of ’22 Club. He didn’t graduate from the University, but received his bachelor’s degree from Glassboro (N.J.) College (now Rowan University) and completed three years of graduate study at Temple University. He operated a landscaping and lawn-service company in Moorestown, N.J.

Cam married Joan Brewton in 1958 and they had three children, Lisa, Eugene M. III, and Bryant. He and Joan divorced after 30 years of marriage, and Cam moved to central Mexico, where he took up marine painting. He returned to the States and took up with Hannelore in Florida. To her, his children, and four grandchildren, we send condolences with a heavy heart.