George Adamson Broadbent ’45

George Broadbent died March 14, 2004.

George entered Princeton from St. Andrew's and joined Elm Club. His Princeton career was interrupted by service as a field artillery officer with the 3rd Army, seeing combat in Germany and France. He returned to Princeton to receive a degree in history in 1947. He then joined his preparatory school as a member of the faculty, rising to become assistant headmaster.

In the course of his career, he received a master's degree in education from Harvard and was fortunate to study at Oxford University. After retirement from St. Andrew's, George returned to Scranton, Pa., the place of his birth and youth. George was a direct descendant of the first settler in Scranton, Isaac Tripp, and served on the board of Tripp House and the Lackawanna County Historical Society.

In our 50th yearbook he wrote that the change of pace in retirement was most enjoyable and opined that "historians never retire but maintain interest in current history."

George never married. He was preceded in death by his brother, Ira, who left two sons and two daughters, George's only survivors.

The Class of 1945