Gordon Thomas Kinder Jr. ’41

Gordy died Dec. 17, 2009, in Naples, Fla., after a lifetime of health problems.  

He came to Princeton from Gilman School and majored in art and archaeology, graduating with honors. He was a member of Charter Club and ROTC.  

Gordy served 23 months in the European theater as an Army liaison officer in a separate battalion of 105mm howitzers, fighting from Normandy to Saltzburg, Austria, and earning five battle stars on his ETO ribbon, the Bronze Star, and the Pre-Pearl Harbor ribbon. He was separated as a major.

After graduating from the University of Virginia Law School in 1948, he joined his father’s law firm in Martins Ferry, Ohio. He continued his law practice until retirement in 1980. He served as chairman of the board of Wheeling Pittsburgh Steel Co. and also was on the boards of Wheeling Stamping Co. and Thatcher Manufacturing Co.  

Gordy served on the boards of several nonprofits, including the First Presbyterian Church in St. Clairsville, the National Presbyterian Church, and what is now Wheeling Jesuit University.

Gordy is survived by his wife of 20 years, Suzanne Fonay Wemble Kinder; his sons, Peter ’70, Dan ’72, Tom ’77, and George; and eight grandchildren. His first wife, Cary Stuckey Kinder, died in 1988.