Henry Aplington II ’39

Maj died Sept. 8, 2002, in a Portland, Maine, hospital. At Princeton he was active in the ROTC program, an experience that led him to join the marines. There he served for 27 years, chiefly in the Pacific, until he was recruited by the National Security Agency, where he worked for the final five years of his career. He had retired from the US Marine Corps as a full colonel in 1967.

He and Lois Hudson were married in 1968 in the Princeton chapel with Fred Fox '39 officiating. They settled in Warner, N.H., where he served on the school board, as a trustee of the library, and on numerous town committees until he decided to concentrate, in his own words, on lawns, maintenance, snow blowing, and splitting firewood. Finally he and Lois moved to Portland to an apartment whose balcony looked out over the water. The last letter he sent us included a photo of his Maine license plate, whose number was "VAT 39."

We offer our sympathy to Lois, as well as to his daughter, Judith Crocker; son, James; and grandson, James Crocker.

The Class of 1939