Grant E. Scott Jr. ’44

Grant and his wife, Marion, died Nov. 27, 2001, when their single-engine plane crashed outside Evansville, Ind. Grant had refueled there on his way home to Olean, N.Y., from a Thanksgiving gathering in Mesa, Ariz. Trying to return to the airport, he piloted his plane away from homes in the area.

Grant came to Princeton from Exeter and majored in engineering. He played competitive squash, was a member of Charter Club, and roomed with Peck, D. Scott, and Holland. After employment with Wright Aeronautical, Allis Chalmers, Klipfel Valves, C.H. Wheeler and Nu-Tone, he came to Olean to work for Clark and for Zurn, forming his own business, Scott Rotary Seals, in 1958.

He was a member of the vestry of St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, singing in its choir; of the Airplane Operators and Pilots Association; and many other organizations.

He and Marion are survived by seven children, Janet, Grant III, Clifton, Virginia, Katherine, Gordon, and David, and nine grandchildren, to all of whom the class extends its sympathies.

The Class of 1944