Gilbert Donald Murray III ’52

Gilbert Donald Murray III ’52 Equestrian, business executive, and composer, Don (son of Gilbert D. Murray ’21) came from Hotchkiss and majored in politics. He joined Ivy and Triangle — for which he wrote several songs, including (with Fred Stewart) “Gee I Would Like to Wiggle You in My Little Igloo.” He left college in his junior year for the Air Force National Guard and was mustered out in 1952 as a second lieutenant, returning to finish at Princeton in 1954.

He earned an MBA at Centre D’Etudes Industrielles in Geneva, Switzerland, married Edna Harrison, and took a job with Yale and Towne in Dusseldorf and New York. He next headed up Ecco Products in Ogdensburg, N.Y., and in London.

In 1966, Don and Edna moved to Wild Horse Valley Ranch in Napa, Calif., where they established the training center for the U.S. Combined Training (equestrian) Association on the West Coast and for the U.S. Equestrian Team. Don served on the boards of Queen of the Valley Medical Center and Napa Valley College.

He died July 27, 2013, leaving his daughters, Alden, Piper, and Sasha; and son Angus. To them and to Don’s brother, Robert ’60, the class offers sympathy upon the loss of one of our liveliest.