Frederick Wayne Lafferty ’53

A true gentleman to the end, Fred died Mar. 1, 2002, of cancer at his home in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.

Fred entered Princeton from Gilman School, where he had been captain of the baseball team. At Princeton he sang in the Glee Club, was active in the Orange Key Society, and belonged to Colonial Club. After graduation he spent 12 years with Harry M. Stevens, where he became assistant manager. He then joined Equitable Trust in Baltimore. He began their BankAmericard operation and served on the national credit card committee of the American Bankers Assn., which changed the credit card's name to Visa. For almost a decade, until 1996, he served as executive director of the France-Merrick Foundation, the second largest foundation in Maryland. He was a past president of the Children's Fresh Air Society and was a trustee of Gilman School. Warm sympathy to his wife of 43 years, Lynn, son Wayne, daughter Lee Broh-Kahn, five grandchildren, and brother-in-law Ralph DeGroff '58. When told of Fred's death, roommate Karl Velde said that though outgoing, Fred was a private person who had a phenomenal ability to understand what people were all about.

The Class of 1953