George Victor Genzmer Jr. ’41

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George Genzmer died Jan. 14, 1996, in Los Angeles, Calif., of colon cancer. His wife, Patricia, had passed away four years ago. Their sons, Michael, Geoffrey, and George III, and a daughter, Karen, survive.

At Princeton, George will be remembered as a man with blond movieidol good looks and a thoroughly gentle disposition who played polo and majored in politics. At Cloister Inn he was usually seen in his ROTC uniform where he played sound bridge. After Army war service, he raised a family in Noroton, Conn., commuting to an advertising job in Manhattan. In the mid-1950s the Genzmers moved to L.A., where George switched to real estate investment brokerage and syndication as principal owner of his own company. He also taught collegelevel real estate courses. For recreation he swam, sailed, and continued his bridgeplaying.

We extend our sympathy to his four children, who remember their father with deep affection.

The Class of 1941

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