George F. Rand III ’45

GEORGE RAND died Aug. 8, 1991, in Buffalo, after a long battle with cancer. George, grandson of George F. Rand, a former president of Marine Trust Co., and son of George F. Rand IlI, founder and former president of Marine Midland Bank, was born in Buffalo and entered Princeton from Deerfield. Upon his graduation from Princeton, in 1947, he was Phi Beta Kappa and valedictorian. George was a member of Elm Club and a formidable debater with WhigClio. His Princeton career was interrupted for service with the Second Armored Division in Europe, as a rifle platoon leader.

After graduation he married the former Jayne Kadey, and they had six children, all of whom survive. After Jayne's death, George married the former Jo Ann Carrolwho survives.

George was very active in Buffalo community affairs and was a noted civic leader. He worked for Marine land Bank for 18 years, and left the bank in 1968 as V.P.International. Shortly thereafter he formed Rand Capital Corp., Buffalo's only publicly owned venture capital enterprise, and remained chairman until his death. George held positions on the Buffalo Board of Education, the Greater Buffalo Development Board, the steering committee for the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and on the boards of the Buffalo Seminary, Buffalo Science Museum, the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, the Buffalo Historical Society, and Canisius College, He was, for a time, a member of the vestry at St. Paul's Episcopal Cathedral.

His most important volunteer activity was his work at Buffalo Emergency Hospital, now Sheehan Memorial, where he served as board chairman.

The Class expresses sympathy to Jo Ann; to daughters Victoria Kearns, Alexandra Ashton, Frederica Zuerner, Jayne, and Francesca; to his son George F. IV; to his brother Calvin '51; to his sister Isabel Hunt; and to his four stepdaughters and five stepsons.

The Class of 1945