Harry Tipper Jr. ’33

HARRY TIPPER, who had lived at Siasconset, Mass., on Nantucket, for a number of years, died there June 6, 1990. Harry was born Nov. 10, 1910, in N.Y.C. He prepared at South Kent School. He left college early.

Harry had a varied career in industry, research, journalism, freelance writing, and advertising. Before the war he was connected with the Old Sconset Inn on Nantucket. During WWII Harry was in the Army, becoming a captain, and serving in Africa and Europe.

After the war, Harry was an executive with the John B. Pierce Foundation. He then became director of the Building Research Laboratories in Princeton; still later he worked for the Hercules Powder Co.

Among Harry's books were: CONTROLLING OVERHEAD: THE SYSTEM, described as a light, insider's guide to modern business bureaucracy; and THE STRUCTURED UNIVERSE.

On June 22, 1946, Harry married Marjorie Bums, in Somerville, NJ. She died in 1987. They had one son, Harry III. Harry and Marge were frequent attendees at reunions, and we came to know them well. The Class of '33 will miss them.

The Class of 1933