George A. Lawry ’44

George died July 19, 2011, in his lifelong hometown of Emsworth, Pa., a suburb of Pittsburgh.

Known as the “pistol” in high school for his athletic talents, he starred in both football and basketball at Princeton. Following the 1941-42 basketball season, he joined the Navy and was a sonar technician in Alaska. He returned to Princeton to star on the 1946-47 team, and was captain and the B.F. Bunn Award winner of the 1947-48 team. Before three-point scores, George scored 783 points in 67 games in three years with a high of 24 against Yale in 1942.

For 41 years he worked for RCA in its technical department.

While the only Princeton reunion he attended was in 1948, he wrote in our 50th yearbook, “The greatest gift from Princeton was the opportunity to meet so many good people.” He noted that his greatest personal legacy was “my 10 children (two are twins) and 24 grandchildren.” Later, seven great-grandchildren joined the family.

George’s wife, Marian, died Nov. 25. He is survived by his children: George, Dorothy, Donald, Joan, Jane, Cathy, Peggy, Mary, Julie, and Becky; 24 grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.