Hyman L. Battle Jr. ’46

Hy died Mar. 6, 2002, at home in Sagaponack, N.Y., of cancer. A native of Rocky Mount, N.C. , where his father was president of the family-owned Rocky Mount Mills, the oldest cotton mill in the country, Hy graduated from the Rectory School in Pomfret, Conn., and Choate School. At Princeton he played football, and in 1943 was on the varsity team.

He joined the Marines in the V-12 program at Princeton, going into officer training in 1944, then into the reserves in 1946. He then took law at Penn and received his LLB in 1949. He practiced in NYC with Battle Fowler, Stokes & Kheel, and served the firm as managing partner until his 1988 retirement, continuing of counsel until his death. Hy also served as a second lieutenant with the Marines in a tank battalion from Mar. 1951-June 1952.

Married first to Peggy Harrison in 1945, he lived in Princeton from 1948-67, and had four sons, Craig, John, David, and Kemp. Divorced, he then married Reine and enjoyed summers with her in Ireland, where they kept a cottage. He also is survived by seven grandchildren and a brother, Tom. To them all, the class extends sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1946