Frederick William Doolittle Jr. ’32

ONE 01; OUR EMINENI corporate lawyers, Fred Doolittle died of cancer Dec. 30, 1992, in Naples, Fla., where he had lived since 1978.

After receiving his law degree from Harvard, Fred spent several years with a Wall Street law firm and then joined the law department of the B. & 0. Railroad (now part of C.S.X. Corp.). Before long, he became general counsel of the Chessie System, retiring front that office in 1974. He was chief counsel for the owners of the railroads involved in the conversion of the Washington Union Station into the National Visitors Center.

Fred was active in community affairs both in Baltimore and in Naples to which he moved in 1978. He was a founding trustee of St. Paul's School for Girls in Brooklandville, Md. He served as president of the Princeton Alumni Assn. of Maryland and was later a member of the Princeton Club of Southwest Florida and the Harvard Club of Naples. An ardent stamp collector, specializing in U.S. Parcel Post and Tobago collections, Fred won numerous medals in international competitions. He published many articles and lectured on the subject, and served as president and librarian of the Baltimore Philatelic Society.

Fred is survived by his wife of 54 years, the former Jean Knolhoff; a son, Frederick W. 111; and a grandson, Frederick; to all of whom the Class offers its deep sympathy in our mutual loss.

The Class of 1932