Henry Prout Tomlinson ’41

Henry died July 10, 2001, in Vero Beach, Fla. A native of Princeton, he attended Princeton Country Day School and St. Paul's School. His father was a member of the Class of 1909. At Princeton, Henry majored in geology, joined Ivy Club, and roomed with Ned Ross, Lanahan, Kilduff, Keep, K.B. Schley, Pitney, and Bright.

After entering the Army in 1942, he was discharged as a captain in the Air Corps in 1946. After the war, Henry went into corrugated container sales, first with the Mengel Co. and then with Container Corp. of America. He later started his own real estate business, first in Princeton and then in Bay Head, N.J. Always an avid sailor, he became commodore of the Mantoloking [N.J.] Yacht Club before moving to Vero Beach in 1984.

Henry is survived by his wife of 60 years, Anne Jeffreys Tomlinson; a son, Henry P. Jr.; three daughters, Melissa, Sarah Fuller w'68, and Anne; and six grandchildren.

The Class of 1941