Howard Elting Jr. ’30

Howard died in his sleep at his home in San Rafael, Calif., on July 1, 2001. He was 93. A native of Chicago, Howard came to us from Exeter. At Princeton he was manager of freshman hockey, was in Triangle junior and senior years, and was head cheerleader senior year. He was a member of Cottage Club.

At graduation Howard entered the Foreign Service, where he served with distinction for 30 years. As vice consul in Geneva he learned from a German friend of the Hitler order for Jewish extermination and reported it to his superiors in Washington, the first government official to do so. For this he was named a Righteous Diplomat at the U.N. by the Visas for Life Program.

Tragedy struck Howard when his first wife and 16-year-old daughter were killed in a plane crash. Two years later he married Marjorie Treat and adopted her infant son, John Elting Treat '67. Marjorie died of cancer in 1974, and his third wife, Norka Haskins, died of cancer in 1995. Howard is survived by John E., two stepsons, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

The class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1930