Horton Oneil ’30

Horton O'Neil died Apr. 9, 1997, in Greenwich, Conn. Before entering Princeton he spent two years excavating Roman and Carthaginian ruins at Tunis in North Africa. After graduation he studied architecture for a year at Yale, and then worked as a statistician for Clark Dodge and a set designer with Jo Mielziner.

Between 1938 and 1940, he created a 500-seat marble outdoor theater in the woods owned by his father in Cos Cob, Conn. In 1940, he married Madelyn Hyde Phillips, an actress and modern dancer, who was active as a teacher in Greenwich.

During WWII, he worked in Maine, teaching farmers and carpenters how to build Liberty ships. In 1944 he returned to Cos Cob and began a career in architecture. His designs included houses for Henry Fonda and Margaret Sullivan.

In addition to his wife of 56 "wonderful" years, he is survived by his children, Joellen and David, and four grandchildren. To them, the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1930