Francis Herrington Bell II ’36

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HANK DIED July 6, 1990, of congestive heart failure at the Princeton Med. center. He was the son of George H. Bell '04. Hank prepared at Gilman and Hun Schools. He entered as a freshman with our Class after transferring from Wesleyan. He majored in politics, was an undergraduate governor of Charter Club, and a member of Triangle. He roomed with Ralph Herendeen and Harry Deakyne who died in 1981.

Hank was born in Trenton and was a resident there and in Wrightgtown, Penn., before moving to Rossmoor, NJ. During WWII he served four years in the U.S. Navy, retiring in 1946 as a it. commander. After the war he became associated with Morrison Steel Co. of New Brunswick.

He is survived by his widow, Doris Bebbington Bell, whom he married in 1939; son Taylor B. Bell, daughter Joan B. Rogers, four grandchildren and one great-grandson. Hank will be remembered by his many friends in the Class.

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