Garrett B. Wall III ’55

Garrett, who switched his life’s work from engineering to human resources, died Sept. 16, 2023, in Vero Beach, Fla.

He was born Nov. 25, 1932, in Richmond, Va., to Mary and Garrett Wall Jr. 1925. Garrett attended Woodberry Forest School in Orange, Va., where he was involved in football, wrestling, publications, and track. At Princeton, he joined Cottage Club and majored in electrical engineering. He participated in bridge, hunting, skiing, computers, golf, windsurfing, and tennis.

His senior-year roommates were Charlie Coker, Art Bond, and Bill Glockner.

Garrett began his career as an engineer with ITT, became involved in recruiting engineers, and decided he preferred human resources to engineering. So, he made human resources his life’s work and ended his career working for Siemens Corp. In 1963, he married Elizabeth Taylor and they later retired to Florida, where Garrett loved playing golf and bridge and building homes for Habitat for Humanity.

He is survived by Elizabeth, sons Garrett and Chris, and three grandchildren.