H. Winfield Padgett ’68

 Win died March 6, 2024, in Dallas, having succumbed to a rare disease, progressive supranuclear palsy.

Win came to us from Jesuit High School in Dallas, where he served as class president and was active in the Forensic Society. At Princeton, he was a member of NROTC and the golf team and participated in the Orange Key Guide Service, Undergraduate Schools Committee, and the Aquinas Foundation. He majored in philosophy and ate at Cottage. Senior year he roomed in Dodge-Osborn with Tully Shelley, Dick Woodward, Jim Pendleton, and Bill Logan.

After graduation, Win was commissioned into the Navy and was stationed on destroyers homeported on the West Coast with deployments to the Western Pacific and the South China Sea. After mustering out, he returned to Dallas and joined the family business, Padgett Printing Co., where he rose to assume industry leadership positions as president of the Printing Industries Association of Texas and vice chair of government affairs for the Printing Industries of America.

Win also gave back to his community by generously volunteering for Southern Methodist University causes, the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children, and the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau. His love of the game led him to be a considerable figure in the golf world, serving as a USGA committeeman for more than 30 years with four years on the executive committee. He was a member of many golf clubs and associations including his favorite, Brook Hollow in Dallas. He was the recipient of numerous awards and accolades for his involvement in the sport.

The class extends its deepest sympathies to his wife, Nancy; daughter Lauren; and extended family and friends.