Gayle B. Price Jr. ’51

Gayle was born Feb. 16, 1930, in the upper peninsula of Michigan, to Gayle and Hazel O’Neal Price.

He graduated from Oakwood (Ohio) High School. At Princeton Gayle earned a bachelor’s degree in basic engineering, belonged to Cannon Club, and roomed with Wally Kain, Cul Smith, and Joe Zawadsky.

He and Rita Fanget were married in 1952. After graduation he spent the next four years flying F-84 fighter-bombers in the Strategic Air Command.

In 1971 he graduated from the advanced management program at Harvard Business School, one of 162 senior executives chosen for preparation for the responsibilities of top leadership.

He then began his long business career with Price Brothers & Co., a family business in Dayton, Ohio, producing major precast, pre-stressed concrete construction materials. He was CEO from 1979 to 1998. He was active in Dayton civic affairs for many years.

Gayle died March 7, 2015. At the time of his death he was survived by his wife, Rita; their children Matthew, Richard, and Martha Richardson; and his sister, Sally O’Neill. He was predeceased by his daughter Barbara Krumland ’75. Rita died Dec. 6, 2016.