Harold Leslie Kalt Jr. ’42

Harry died Jan. 7, 1997, in Scottsdale, Ariz., his home since 1987. His business career was initially in the family lumber business, in NYC, and later in marine insurance until he retired.

Harry attended the Hill School before coming to Princeton, where he majored in English and was a member of Terrace Club. During the war he served three and a half years in the Navy amphibious forces as a lieutenant, in the Atlantic and Mediterranean theaters. After the war he was v.p. sales for the Kalt Lumber Co. until 1957, when he joined Crum & Forster Insurance and then Metropolitan Inland Marine, as an insurance claims supervisor. In conjunction with his work at Kalt Lumber he served as a faculty lecturer at CCNY from 194752. His subjects included kiln drying, grading, measurement, pricing, and species of woods.

To his widow, Olga, his son, MacKenzie, and his grandson, the class offers its sincere condolences.

The Class of 1942