George Albro Williamson Jr. ’47

George died July 25 in Boynton Beach, Fla. He had been in poor health for eight years with arthritis, emphysema, and heart disease. He had open-heart surgery in 1991 and 1997.

He was born in 1924 in NYC but grew up in Newark, N.J. He attended both Barringer and Rumson H.S. and graduated from Mercersburg Academy in 1943.

During WWII, George served in the Army Air Corps as a bombardier and navigator on B-29 Super Fortresses. His crew was high on the list to make A-bomb runs over Japan.

He entered Princeton in 1946 and graduated in 1949 with a degree in economics. He also exhibited a strong interest in American history. He was a member of Charter Club.

After graduation George worked in the credit department of Esso Corp. In the late 1950s he became a venture capitalist and began trading on the NYSE for his own account. He married Gay Rogers in 1955. They lived in Shrewsbury and Rumson, N.J., before moving to Villanova, Pa., in 1968, where George continued his successful market trading.

To his wife of 45 years, Gay, their daughter, Patricia Rose, and sons Alexander and George A. III, the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1947