George L. Hinman ’27

George L. Hinman died at his home in Binghamton, N.Y., Sept. 21, 1997. He had been in poor health for many months.

George prepared at Binghamton H.S. He served with me on the editorial board of the Daily Princetonian and was a member of Quadrangle Club and Whig Hall. He roomed in N. Reunion with Humphrey Ambler. Upon graduation, he attended Harvard Law School and practiced law with his father's firm, Hinman, Howard and Catell, becoming senior partner. Among many civic and business activities, he was a director of the First Natl. Bank of Binghamton, Triple Cities Traction Corp., D. Land W. Fuel & Supply Co., Colgate U., the State U. of N.Y., IBM Corp., and N.Y. Telephone Co.

In the late 1950s, he became the confidential adviser and executive assistant to Nelson Rockefeller when he was governor of New York and U.S. vice-president. George was a member of the Republican National Committee and was a delegate-at-large from New York to the Republican National Conventions of 1960, 1964, and 1976.

George married Barbara Davidge of Binghamton in 1929; they had four daughters, Sidney, Constance, Martha, and Virginia, and one son, Harvey II. He is survived by Martha, Virginia, and Harvey, 11 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. To them, the class extends deep sympathy in the loss of one of its most prominent nationally known civic and political leaders, who was also a quiet but warm personality with a genial twinkle in his eyes.

The Class of 1927