Henry Hamilton Hoyt ’17

HENRY HOYT died at his home in Short Hills, NJ., Nov. 5, 1990. He was born in N.Y.C. in 1895, but lived in N.J. most of his life. He attended Newark Academy. At Princeton he roomed with "Rudie" Eberstadt and was a member of Cottage Club and the Law and Polity dubs. In WWI he first drove an American Field Service ambulance with the French Army at Verdun and St. Michiel. Then he joined the U.S. Marines and served as a captain at Chateau Thierry, St. Michiel, Soisson, Mause Argonne, and in the army of occupation. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre, two citations. On returning he became a partner of A.D. Strauss & Co. in N.Y., until taking over the management of CarterWallace Inc. in 1929. Chairman of the board from 1961, he retired in 1986 and since then has served as chairman of the executive committee. He was on many business and community boards, including Empire Trust Co., Pingry School, Hospital Center at Orange, NJ., and the Proprietary Assn. He was very generous to Princeton, and recently gave a new research building, the Henry H. Hoyt, Class of 1917, Chemical laboratory. He was on the Executive Committee of our Class and his success 'in everything he did was a source of pride and inspiration to all of us. He is survived by his widow, Anna,; two sons; a daughter, ten grandchildren; and eight greatgrandchildren; to all of whom we send our deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1917