Galen J. White Jr. ’56

Galen died May 20, 2013, at home in Louisville, Ky., after a long illness.

Galen was born in Jackson, Ky., and graduated from Louisville Male High School. At Princeton, he joined Tiger Inn and majored in history. After three years in the Army, he earned a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

In 1958, Galen married Ethel Story Wright (Vassar ’58). He practiced law in Philadelphia and in Louisville, retiring in 1998 from Boehl, Stopher & Graves, where he was a partner.

Galen’s many interests included history, education, the arts, and the law. He served as chairman of the board of St. Francis School in Goshen and as chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky. In retirement, he volunteered as a reader of law texts for Recording for the Blind and as a docent at Farmington Historic Plantation.

Galen is survived by Ethel; four children, Joanna Kille, Caroline ’87, Catherine Banigan-White, and Galen III; son-in-law John Kille; grandchildren Alexander and Andrew Kille and Charlotte Banigan-White; and sisters Ann Anderson and Margaret Flintom.

He will be remembered for his vigorous mind, love of music, ability to recognize an old friend instantly, unwavering sense of fairness, delightful sense of humor, quiet courage, and warm and generous heart.