George H. Bright ’40

George died at his Keene Valley, N.Y., home on July 11, 1996, having been in ill health and forced to use a voice transmitter to communicate. Son of George H. Bright 1894, he grew up in Princeton and prepared at St. George's. In college he played soccer and interclub sports for Colonial Club. Initially with the field artillery in WWII, he trained with commando forces in Scotland and later was executive officer with the Atlantic Amphibious Force, finally ending up with the OSS in Burma and China.

His business enterprises included merchandising, television, real estate, and airport involvement. He also operated a gift shop for wood carvings and paintings and sponsored a bobsled crew to race in the Adirondacks. Golf was George's favorite sport, which he played with enthusiasm from October to May at his winter home in Vero Beach, Fla., frequently joining classmates in local matches and tournaments. In our 50th year book he wrote, "I don't work because work is for people who don't play golf."

He is survived by three sons, Peter, Michael, and George. In George Bright we have lost one of more singular and colorful classmates.

The Class of 1940