George M. Knebel ’52

George graduated from Scarsdale (N.Y.) High School.

At Princeton he joined Key and Seal and belonged to the Westchester, outing, and sailing clubs. He majored in economics and roomed with George Aman, Bill Seavey, Gil Stockton, and Jed Philp.

George went on to earn an MBA from Wharton and serve in the 101st Airborne in Germany. George worked for IBM in New York and in Chattanooga until 1989.

His personal interests included the Church of the Good Shepherd on Lookout Mountain, Tenn., where he served as a junior and a senior warden. He worked with a community-service organization, Civitan, which named him its “Man of the Year.” He was married to the late Jane Ann Hartzel.

To George’s children, Carolyn and Craig, the class sends condolences on the loss of their father, who died April 28, 2014.