F. Chandler Moffat ’27

Chan died Dec. 14, 2002, in Westport, Conn. He prepared for Princeton at Erasmus Hall HS and Mercersburg, where he was a member of the Irving Literary Society. At Prince-ton he was a manager of the lacrosse team, and a member of Whig Hall and Elm Club.

During World War II, he put in 10 hours a night inspecting and testing machine tools at a defense plant in addition to working four or five hours a day at his life insurance career, initially with Aetna in Albany and then with his father's firm, Moffat and Thomas. At his retirement in 1975, he was president of the Moffat Insurance Agency. Chan was active in the life of his community as a volunteer for the local YMCA, the United Fund, the Red Cross Blood Bank, and the United Methodist Church. He enjoyed gardening, watching baseball and basketball, and traveling through the US, Canada, Europe, and Mexico.

Chan's first wife, Louise, died in 1962, and he married his brother's widow, Gladys, in 1963. Survivors include Gladys; a son, Charles; a stepdaughter, Carolyn; three grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. The class extends condolences to Chan's family.

The Class of 1927