Francis William Dinsmore Jr. ’35

  Dinny attended Lawrenceville and Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton he majored in politics, played freshman baseball, ate at Quadrangle Club, and financed his education by organizing college dances. His senior-year roommates were Bill Ghriskey, Hank Page, Walker Stevenson, and Don Stuart.

After graduating with honors, he joined Procter & Gamble, first in manufacturing, and after World War II, in advertising. His wartime service included managing artillery-shell production for P&G and then serving as an artillery officer with Patton’s Third Army.  

Dinny’s lifelong passions were hunting and golf. He especially enjoyed both during a two-year stint as marketing director of P&G’s U.K. and Scandinavian operations. After retiring from P&G in 1972, Dinny and his wife, Sallie, moved from Cincinnati to Philadelphia and summered in Southwest Harbor, Maine. He served as president of the Children’s Aid Society for 10 years, wrote a book on corporate management, and consulted pro bono to businesses in Costa Rica, Colombia, and Uruguay.  

He is survived by Sallie; his children, Clem ’65, Leslie, and Ann; and five grandchildren.