Harold I. Donnelly ’44

Hal died at home in Rapidan, Va., Aug. 28, 2003, after months of struggle with congestive heart failure.

He prepared at Deerfield, and his father was a professor at Princeton Theological Seminary. He majored in the English department's American Civilization Program, and was active as a manager of baseball, and member of Prospect Club. He served as a combat engineer in the Army. In addition to his bachelor's from Princeton, Hal received a master's in education from U. Va.

He served as a teacher and coach at Woodberry Forest School for 16 years before becoming headmaster of Spartanburg Day School in South Carolina. After 10 years there, he was the administrator of Virginia Episcopal School in Lynchburg until retirement in 1982.

He and his wife, Ellen, made their home thereafter in Rapidan, where he was active with Habitat for Humanity and the Orange County Historical Society.

His love for Princeton never failed. To Ellen; their children, Charlotte, Harold III, and Margaret; and five grandchildren, his class sends its regrets.

The Class of 1944