Henry Watkins Doyle ’19

Henry Doyle died May 4, 1995, in Little Rock, Ark. He was 98.

Henry attended Little Rock H.S. and Lawrenceville. He earned a B.S. at Princeton. Like many of his classmates, his studies were interrupted by military service during WWI, in which he was a field artillery officer. He served overseas in France. At Princeton he was a member Cottage Club.

After graduation he worked for the family dry goods business in Little Rock until 1925. He moved to N.Y.C. and worked for Lord & Taylor as a buyer and merchandise manager from 1926-29. He was a stock broker on Wall Street from 1930-41. He then held executive positions in Toledo, N.Y.C., and for Orange Crush in Chicago. He retired in 1952.

He was president of the Westchester Princeton Alumni Assn. from 1926-41. He held several U.S. Tennis Assn. championships and was inducted into the Arkansas Tennis Hall of Fame in 1980. He continued to play tennis until he was 91.

He is survived by two daughters, Cynthia MacColl and Mary Frances Foster, and a son, Dr. Henry W. Jr. Three of his 12 grandchildren are Princeton graduates: John A. MacColl '70 p'97, Henry W. III '68, and Peter M. '71.

Henry was always proud of his connection with Princeton and to date is the last class member to have attended a Reunions (1994). At his request, he was laid to rest in his family plot wearing his reunion jacket and Cottage Club tie.

The Class of 1919