Giles Anthony Webster ’29

Dud died Feb. 11, 1996, at the Holy Name Friary in Ridgewood, N.J. We continued to call him Dud, though he had changed his name to Giles Anthony when he entered the Order of Friars Minot.

He prepared at St. Benedict's School and Crown School. At Princeton he was in football, lacrosse, track, and water polo. His roommates were Ken Appel and Squeak Kniffin; he was a member of Tower Club. He started on Wall Street, but was ordained as a priest in 1933. He did graduate work at several universities and also taught at several.

He was consistently involved in work with youth groups. He went into the Navy and was on active duty from 1950-57. He was staff chaplain to a distinguished line of admirals and Marine Corps generals, and he was senior Catholic chaplain at the Navy Chaplain School. There seemed no limit to the activities he took on in addition to his theological studies and priestly duties-birdwatching, dollcollecting, radio commentating, flight instructing, cycling (he held an upstate New York speed record).

Although Dud's lifestyle was so different from the rest of ours, he was an active class member. We salute his career of public service and extend sympathy to his "family," his brothers in residence at the Holy Name Friary.

The Class of 1929