Frank E. Sagendorph III ’31

Bud was born June 25, 1909, in Lansdowne, Pa., and died Feb. 4, 2000. He lived in Hilton Head Island at the time of his death, a victim of Alzheimer's.

He prepared at the Episcopal Academy and on matriculation at Princeton became assoiated with the swimming team, acquiring his numerals all four years.He was also a member of Colonial Club.

Before entering the manufacturing field, Bud worked as an architect in the Philadelphia firm of Dunham & Irvine, having earned a BA from the U. of Pennsylvania in 1937. During WWII he spent four years in the engineering corp of the US Navy. He was stationed in the British West Indies and held the rank of lt. when he left the service in 1946. He then became associated with Penn Metal Corporation, where he successively became v.p., director, and, in 1976, pres.

Bud enjoyed the Merion Golf Club, the Racquet Club, and the Princeton Club of Philadelphia, where he was seen quite frequently having lunch with his classmates.

Bud lost his wife, Mary Shippen Schenck, in 1991, but he has one surviving niece, Elizabeth Daner, five great-nephews, and one great-niece. The class extends its deepest sympathy to the entire family.

The Class of 1931