George T. Kirby Jr. ’54

    George died April 16, 2023, at Bella Vista in Oshkosh, Wis.

He prepared at Princeton High School, where he participated in football, baseball, and track. At Princeton, he majored in civil engineering, joined Terrace Club, and engaged in varsity 150-pound football and IAA softball, basketball, and hockey.

George joined American Bridge soon after graduation but was drafted into the Navy and assigned to the Seabees after a year and a half. He then returned to American Bridge, and he became a registered professional engineer in New Jersey. Beginning in 1962 he worked with the architectural firm of Micklewright and Mountford in Trenton and other engineering and architectural firms. He retired from his firm, George Kirby and Associates, in 1997 and spent his winters in Naples, Fla. 

George enjoyed playing softball into his 60s, coaching football and baseball while his children were growing up, and attending Reunions and football, basketball, and hockey games at Princeton. He was an ardent New York Mets fan and had a particular appetite for shrimp.

George is survived by his son, Michael; daughter Karen; grandchildren Matthew, Nathaniel, Misty, Marleigh, and Levon; and great-grandchildren Katannah, Kadence, and Layla. He was preceded in death by his previous wife, Josephine “Jody” Kirby, and brother James.