Henry Charles Weltzien Jr. ’45

Hank died on June 28, 2000. He entered Princeton from the Kent School, a resident of NYC. At Princeton, he was a member of Key and Seal, but joined the navy V-12 program and was transferred in 1943 to Cornell, where he received a bachelor's in electrical engineering in 1947. Hank spent seven years with General Electric, then switched to the investment banking business, joining Merrill Lynch, where he remained for two years before becoming associated with small brokerage firms until 1959, when he became a member of the New York Commodity Exchange. There, he spent the next 20 years trading metals futures for his own account and for those of customers. Ill health forced him to retire in 1979, but despite battling a chronic heart condition, he enjoyed two decades of retirement with his family. Hank is survived by the former Ruth Whitney, whom he met at Cornell and married in 1945. Although they had four sons and one daughter, two of the sons and a son-in-law predeceased Hank. In addition to Ruth, he is survived by sons Henry and Mark, daughter Paula Petersen, and seven grandchildren. The class extends its sympathy to all.

The Class of 1945