Gilman Perkins ’48

Gilman died April 17, 2015, in Pittsford, N.Y., at age 88.

He was a graduate of St. Paul’s School and served briefly in the 82nd Airborne Division just after World War II. He graduated from Princeton in 1950. For most of his business career he was an executive at the family’s industrial firm, Union Steel Chest Corp. in LeRoy, N.Y.; later he worked in management at two other companies in the Rochester, N.Y., area. Gilman was a longtime supporter of the Rochester School for the Deaf, an active member of Episcopal churches in Rochester and in Kennebunkport, Maine, and a former president of the County Club of Rochester.

He was predeceased by Rebecca, his wife of 61 years. Gilman is survived by his daughters, Rebecca and Cornelia; son Gilman; eight grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.