Huntington T. Block ’46

Huntington T. Block died of cancer Feb. 25, 2008, in his native Washington, D.C.

Known as “Bucky” after the Washington Senators’ 1924 World Series manager,

Bucky Harris, he graduated from St. Albans School. After a semester at Virginia Military Institute, he served in the Field Artillery in the fierce Bastogne battle in Europe. Transferring to Princeton, Bucky joined Cap and Gown and graduated in 1946.

Bucky founded Huntington T. Block Insurance Agency to specialize in art museums, dealers, and shipping companies. He retired in 1992. He worked on the special-gifts committee for Princeton, and also volunteered as director of Tudor Place in Georgetown and of Siasconset Trust in Nantucket Island, Mass.

A tennis player, Bucky was a man of good humor and grace.

His wife of 54 years, Amie Willard Block, died Sept. 23, 2006. Their four children, Huntington M. Block, Bonnie Block Levison, William W. Block, and Amie Block Ratajczak, survive, as do seven grandchildren and Bucky’s brother, Roger W. Block. Our deep sympathies go to his family.