George M. Lethbridge Jr. ’47

“Bud” Lethbridge died peacefully May 20, 2013, at his home in Essex Meadows, Conn., where he had lived for the past six years.

Bud came to Princeton in the summer of 1943 after graduating from Phillips Academy Andover. His studies were interrupted by service in the Army Air Corps, but he returned to college and graduated in June 1949.

Bud spent his entire professional career with General Electric, where he was manager of financial planning and analysis in the advertising and sales promotion department. He took early retirement in 1980 and spent his time on a 326-acre farm in Duanesburg, N.Y., and enjoyed summers at Point O’Woods on Fire Island, N.Y.

In 1983, Bud’s wife, Helen, was diagnosed with stomach cancer and treated with a macrobiotic diet. She gained good quality time but died in 1986. He remarried in 1988 but later divorced.

Bud served as vice chairman of the board of Colby-Sawyer College in New London, N.H. Much was accomplished under George’s leadership, and for his service he was awarded the Susan Colgate Cleveland Award. For his and Helen’s distinguished service, the college dedicated Lethbridge Lodge, a recreational and study center, in their honor.

George is survived by two sons, Thomas and Scott ’77; daughter Sally; brother Jack; and four grandchildren. The class extends its sympathy to them.