Holt Apgar ’43

Holt died July 23, 2014, at the Brandywine Reflections Senior Care Center in Brick, N.J.

He came to Princeton from Phillips Exeter Academy, where he ran track. He continued this activity at Princeton and was also on the 150-pound football team. Holt majored in chemical engineering and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of Cannon Club.

Holt’s World War II service included duty as a lieutenant in the Navy, where he was in charge of ammunition for a PT squadron in the South Pacific.

Holt worked as a chemical engineer for Foote Mineral, Merck, and Rhodia. He particularly enjoyed working for Rhodia, a subsidiary of Rhône-Poulenc, a French company. At that time, he was focusing on using yttrium in the red phosphors for color TVs — something Holt was already familiar with because his senior thesis at Princeton concerned synthesizing a new red dye.

His retirement years were spent between Pinehurst, N.C., and the Jersey Shore, where he enjoyed the company of his family, including his wife of 71 years, three children, three grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. To them, the class extends its sympathy.