Henry John Oechler ’33

Hank Oechler died Nov. 12, 1996, at New York Hospital of a cerebral hemorrhage. He had suffered a stroke 10 days before. He was 84.

Hank lived in Woodhaven, N.Y., and came to college from Lawrenceville. He was a member of Campus Club and roomed with Thayer Talcott, Grant Waldref, and Mort Burroughs. He attended Yale Law School, graduated in 1936, and practiced law in NYC. He was with the firms of Stanchfield & Levy and Pruitt, Hale & McIntyre prior to WWII.

After service with the Judge Advocate General's Dept. during the war, he became a member of Pruitt, Coursen, Oechler & McLaughlin. In 1955 he became the assistant general counsel and corporate secretary of Avco Corp., which is now part of Textron Corp. He remained in that position until 1964 when he became v.p. in charge of international operations, a position he retained until he retired in 1976.

Hank and his wife of 61 years, Convere McAden, were married in 1935; she survives him, as do two sons, Hugh M. '65 and Henry J. Jr. '68, and two brothers, Charles '30 and William '37.

The Class of 1933