Gerald Mortimer Mayer Jr. ’51

Gerry died of cancer and Parkinson's disease July 22, 2006, in Newbury, N.H. He was 77.

He attended Eaglebrook School and Deerfield Academy prior to coming to Princeton, where he roomed with John Davis, Duke DeConingh, Bill Dwight, Clint Gilbert, Don Mathey, Neil McConnell, Ralph Peters, Don Scott, and John Michael White. Gerry was captain of the 150-pound crew and a member of the Cottage Club crew that successfully defended the Thames Challenge Cup at the 1949 Henley Regatta. He graduated cum laude from the Woodrow Wilson School.

In the course of a distinguished 32-year career with Citibank as an international banker, Gerry served as European division head and a senior credit officer. From 1978 to 1986 he was a senior fellow at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.

In 1952 Gerry married Gordonna "Donna" Grower in Paris. Two years after her death in 1985, he married Susan Slye. He is survived by Susan; his children, Cathey Kennedy, Deborah O'Brien, Cynthia Benfield, and Gerald G. Mayer; Susan's children, Robin McNutt, Janet Meagher, David Slye, and Paul Slye; and 20 grandchildren. "Old Nassau" was sung at his memorial service as a final salute to a beloved member of our class.