George Clinton Denniston ’27

DENNY DIED Oct. 19, 1991 appropriately he would have thought on his way to a Princeton football game. Questioned about his hobbies, for '27's THIRTYFIFTH RECORD, he replied, "Princeton, I guess." He served on the Alumni Council, notably in helping alumni find work a volunteer service in the '80s. A favorite task was collecting Class Notes for the ALUMNI WEEKLY, which were used for '27's TWENTY YEAR RECORD. He was Class president (195257), president of the Princeton Alumni Assn. (1960s) and the Alumni Council, and a life member of the Princeton Club of Philadelphia.

Denny was long prominent in legal and religious affairs. He was an authority on laws concerning trusts and estates, and a partner in the legal firms Snyder & Bent and John Arthur Brown & Joseph J. Brown. After WWII he was a trust officer in the Provident National Bank, and counsel to Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul. He volunteered service to the Estate Planning Council of Philadelphia. He was an elder and superintendent of Sunday school at the First Presbyterian Church of Germantown.

Denny was a sturdy patriot, and cherished membership in the Sons of the American Revolution and the Society of the Cincinnati. From 1942 to 1945, he served the U.S. Army as an intelligence officer and director of the intelligence Division, Pennsylvania District, and retired as lieutenant colonel. He was a member of Germantown's Science and Art Club. A favorite "duty" was tracing "lost" '27ers and alumni of Springdale School, Chestnut Hill.

He is survived by his widow, Martha Averett Denniston; sons George C., Jr. and Elliott A.; a daughter, Martha D. Baldwin; and four grandsons. The Class shares in their bereavement.

The Class of 1927