George A. Kepler ’47

George died April 6, 2016, in Glastonbury, Conn.

He was born Sept. 30, 1925, in Reading, Pa., graduated from Reading High School, and then joined the Army and fought in the European theater under Gen. George Patton. At Princeton, George majored in mechanical engineering and played on the baseball team, becoming captain during his senior year. Upon graduation, he joined Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in East Hartford, Conn., where he started his career as a test engineer and retired in 1991 after working there for almost 50 years.

George lived in Glastonbury and enjoyed classical music and vacations on Cape Cod with his wife, Pat. They were proud parents of daughters Alison and Amy and grandparents of Shannon and Mari. George played tennis three times a week well into his 80s. He and Pat were regulars at Hartford Symphony concerts and carried their love of classical music into their living room.

The class sends its memories of this always-friendly classmate to his family.