Hyman L. Battle Jr. ’46

Hy died Mar. 6, 2002, of cancer at home in Sagaponack, Long Island. 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 and Choate and at Princeton played football.

He joined the Marines at Princeton, going into officer training in 1944, then the reserves in 1946. After earning his LLB from Penn in 1949, Hy practiced in NYC with Battle Fowler, Stokes & Kheel, where he was managing partner until he retired in 1988. He continued of counsel until his death.

Hy first married Peggy Harrison in 1945 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. She survives, as do his sons, seven grandchildren, and a brother, Tom. To them all, the class extends sympathy.

The Class of 1946