Henry William Bradbury ’24

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Henry William Bradbury died Feb. 15, 1995. Born July 30, 1901, in Kingston, Pa., he was the son of an electrical engineer who worked for Kingston Coal Co.

He was a member of the football, baseball, and basketball teams at Kingston H.S. At Princeton, he played for the university orchestra and the football squad. He married Ruth Welliver Hile of Allentown, Pa., in 1927 in Rio de Janeiro. She died Apr. 26, 1996.

His career in the utility business took him to Brazil, Mexico, and Cuba. His hobbies included playing violin with amateur groups; he also studied the history of violin making.

He is survived by his daughter, Dr. Diane B. Fischer, and two grandchildren, Henry Bradbury Fischer and Gwendolyn Elizabeth Magnan.

The Class of 1924

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