Hildreth H. Strode *50

Hildreth Strode, an engineer and inventor, died Dec. 14, 2016, at the age of 90.

Strode graduated from Swarthmore College in 1946 with a degree in mechanical engineering. He earned a master in public affairs degree from Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School in 1950.

He worked in New York State for General Electric, DoAll Eastern Co., Brookhaven National Laboratories, and his own Strode Computer Corp. While residing on Long Island, N.Y., he was also an inventor designing and building a floating amphibious Jeep and a 48-pound folding and floating portable motorcycle.

Strode and his wife, Beth, whom he married in 1949, raised their family in Lloyd Harbor, Long Island, where he was on the board of Friends World College. After Beth’s death in 1996, he moved to Norfolk, Va., and founded a work-study program, Career Start. He was also active in the Rotary Club and the Salvation Army.

He is survived by his second wife, Lois, whom he had married in 1999; two children from his first marriage (including Peter ’75); and two stepchildren.

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