Henry Hollingsworth Smith ’45

Holly Smith died July 21, 2013.

Holly entered Princeton from The Hill School and joined Cap and Gown. He followed in the footsteps of his father, T. Leaming Smith 1908, and his brother, T. Leaming Smith Jr. ’43. His Princeton career was interrupted for service as a Navy patrol-bomber pilot, seeing combat in the Pacific. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Holly returned briefly to Princeton after his war service but decided, as he put it, “to get on with my life” without a degree. Thus began a 30-year career in the insurance industry and his marriage to Anne Gooch in 1947.

Holly had a long career in the Boston area, living in Marblehead. After retirement he moved to New London, Conn., and then Exeter, N.H., where he died.

Holly was predeceased by Anne and his son Henry Jr. He is survived by his daughters, Nancy and Debba; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. The class expresses its sympathy to the family.