George H. Carleu ’53

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George died April 21, 2018.

He was born in Newark, N.J., and prepared for Princeton at Newark Academy. At Princeton he majored in chemical engineering and joined Cloister Inn.

After college, George joined American Cyanamid and continued to work in the plastics industry in national marketing and sales positions. In retirement he traveled widely, read voraciously, and enjoyed summers at his home on Lake Champlain in the Adirondacks.

George’s first wife, Priscilla, died after 40 years of marriage. George is survived by his second wife, Carol; two children; three grandchildren; two stepchildren; and two step-grandchildren.

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