Harry Crockett Grumpelt ’28

HARRY GRUMPELT died June 25, 1990, at his home in Salisbury, Conn. After graduating from Englewood (NJ.) High School, he majored in English at Princeton, and was a high jumper on the track team.

Harry followed his father in the accounting business. He obtained his certificate in accounting in 1938, and worked for many years with the accounting firm of Arthur Young & Co., later known as Ernst and Young. A managing partner of that firm said, "Harry Grumpelt was considered as one of the most brilliant accountants of his day." Harry had acquired the Cedar Ridge Farm in Salisbury in 1963, and he retired there in 1965. He loved the outdoors and wanted to do something productive, so he raised Christmas trees and continued to work until shortly before his death.

Harry belonged to the Bankers Club of N.Y., and attended the Episcopal Church.

Harry was married to Muriel ("Billie") Whelan in 1933. There are three daughters, Shirley Schindler, Laura Cann, and Constance (Susan) Deeks, and seven grandchildren. After this marriage ended in divorce, Harry was married to Ann Zitzelberger in 1958. His classmates remember Harry from college days as a companionable friend, and the sympathy of the Class is extended to Ann, their daughters, and their families.

The Class of 1928