Herbert Rush Preston Jr. ’30

HERB DIED of cancer Apr. 25,1991, at his home in Roland Park in Baltimore, where he lived for many years. He was one of nearly 30 members of our Class who prepared at Gilman Country School.

He was a member of Quadrangle Club and roomed with Jack Strawbridge. Herb majored in history at Princeton and maintained a lifelong interest in the subject, with emphasis on the Civil war and the State of Maryland in the 18th and 19th centuries. He joined U.S.F. & G. Insurance soon after graduation and stayed with them at the home office in Baltimore until he retired in 1972 as executive V.P. in charge of casualty operations. The war years, however, provided a change of scene, and he said later that after three years as a master sergeant he had learned many things not taught at Princeton. In 1950 Herb married Araminta Sucro, who died in 1980. There were no children. He had two relatives on his mother's side who attended Princeton in the 19th century: A. B. Cross, Class of 1830, and J. M. Cross, 1867. Herb is survived by his second wife, Elizabeth Ogden Cooper, whom he married in 1981; two stepdaughters, Ann Cooper and Jane Cooper Ottley; and a sister, Janet Cross Preston. To them we extend our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1930