George Corning Fraser III ’45

GEORGE CORNING FRASER III ’45

George Corning Fraser III died Feb. 8, 2006, in Abilene, Texas. Though ill, he was alert and active when he lost consciousness at home that day.

Born Jan. 24, 1923, to Sarah and George Fraser Jr. ’17, George came to Princeton from The Hill School. Like his father and grand-

father, George C. Fraser 1893, he joined Cottage Club. Military service in India and Burma delayed his graduation. To the end of his days, he spoke of Princeton and his classmates with pride and affection.

Sunoco employed George in West Texas from 1947 to 1954, when he became an independent geologist. He led local professional societies and worked from Ecuador to Canada. A trustee of the Texas & Pacific Land Trust for 40 years, he was its chairman for 10.

His 1950 marriage to Ann Welling ended in divorce. In 1977 he married Maureen G. Wooten, who like his sister, Sarah Jane Wood, and brother, Thomas Tutt Fraser ’50, predeceased him. George’s survivors include five children by his first wife, Andrew, Prudence Sternin, Sarah Searles, Cynthia Barlow, and Nina Fraser-Shultz; a sister, Dorothy Shore; five grandchildren; two stepchildren; and six step-grandchildren. The class expresses its sympathy to all.