George Harold Wegener ’34

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GEORGE CWEG) WEGENER, a longtime resident of Ridgewood, NJ., until he moved to Va. in 1980 when he retired as national account executive in the packaging division of Potlatch Corp., died Aug. 11, 1990, in Leesburg, Va. He was with Potlatch for 16 years; earlier he worked in sales for several other packaging companies.

A witty and popular member of the Class, George never forgot his college days. "in my heart and mind," he wrote not long ago, "Princeton will always be the fall of 1930 through the spring of 1934my time, my guys, my Princeton." In 1986 he won the admiration and gratitude of nearly 100 of the '34 family with the way he managed, with help from Kayo Lewis and Jack Palmer, our memorable minireunion in Williamsburg.

George's wife, Trudy (Salzmann), a friend of many in the Class, died of cancer in 1985, five years after they had moved to their retirement home in Virginia. He is survived by three daughters, Betty Ann Elliott, Gretchen Hull, and Merry Ellen Korpan; seven grandchildren, and one greatgrandchild. To them we offer our sincerest sympathies.

The Class of 1934

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