Gordon Stollery ’70

Gordon died Dec. 12, 2011, while on vacation in the British Virgin Islands.

He came to us from Toronto, Ontario, where he excelled at hockey and golf, having finished second in the 1965 Canadian Junior Open. He pursued both of these sports at Princeton.

A civil engineer with a lifelong interest in geology, he led the formation of several energy companies in the Alberta oil fields before turning his attention to his family’s Glen Angus Farm, breeding stakes-winning thoroughbreds. His Angus Glen Golf Club was selected as the best new course in Canada and has twice hosted the Canadian Open.

A civic leader, Gordon endowed a chair in basin analysis and petroleum geology at the University of Toronto. At the time of his death he was working on the Stollery Atrium in the Golding Centre for High Performance Sport.

Gordon was an enthusiastic supporter of Princeton, serving on the board of the PAA of Canada, the Schools Committee, and Special Gifts Committee.

We have lost a classmate of protean energy, wide interests, and great good humor. To Gordon’s wife, Judy; and his daughters, Cailey, Tori, Gillian, Lindsay, Claire, Sarah, and Hannah, the class extends deepest sympathy.