Frederic Sutterle Gordon Jr. ’46

Fred died Sept. 16, 2004, in Culpeper, Va., where he had run the family farm for some 20 years.

Born in Elizabeth, N.J., he graduated from Pingry School and studied mechanical engineering at Princeton. He served in the Army in New Guinea and the Philippines from 1944-46, then graduated in 1948. He married Aileen Landa in 1946.

After a career with U.S. Pipe and Foundry, he retired in 1984, moved the family to Culpeper, and enjoyed farming livestock, part-time work in real estate, and local politics, golf, tennis, and fishing.

Aileen predeceased him. Fred is survived by two daughters, Lucinda and Constance, a brother , George S. '46, and five grandchildren. To them, the class extends its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1946