George W. Young ’32

George Young died in Hartford, Conn., on June 16, 1999.

He prepared at Exeter and entered Princeton in the fall of 1928.

Following graduation he was employed by the New York Life Insurance Co. for 10 years, in the later of which it was as an actuary.

George, while at Princeton, had earned a commission as a second lt., Field Artillery, Reserve. Following the US entry into WWII, he was ordered to active duty. He was returned to inactive status in Nov. 1945, at which time he held the grade of lt.-col. and had been awarded the Legion of Merit.

That fall he joined Connecticut General Life Insurance Co. as an actuary. He retired in 1975 as senior v.p. and director.

George was active in Princeton AG (regional chair, Hartford area) and in other fund raising activities, including his church and the Community Chest.

George and Elizabeth P. Goss were married on Sept. 23, 1939. She survives him. He is also survived by their son, George Jr., and daughter, Nancy Luke, and by five grandchildren, to all of whom the class sends its condolences.

The Class of 1932