Fred Wehr ’47

Fred died July 4, 2005. He was a guy of diverse talents and experiences who loved and served his native Baltimore in many ways.

After the V-12 program at Princeton, he went on to destroyer duty in the Pacific. After V-J Day he was one of the first to enter Japan, where his ship was charged with disarming returning enemy vessels.

Graduating in 1948, Fred returned to Baltimore and to TV sportscasting — at a time when TV was just beginning to enter our lives. Later Fred became director of fund raising at Goucher College, and he led an effort to bring hospice care (then in its early days) to Baltimore.

Fred's lifelong interest in aviation is reflected in part by his authorship of a children's book called Amelia, and recalling his own daring flight upside down under the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Marylanders will testify that this was an awesome feat.

Sadly, Fred's first two beloved wives died of cancer. Happily, his third marriage to Silvia, the associate dean of public health at Johns Hopkins, amply filled these voids and sustained his passion for life.

The Class of 1947