Israel Wistar Morris Jr. ’36

Wistar died Sept. 23, 2000, at his home in Villanova, Pa. After graduating from the Kent School, at Princeton he majored in history and was vice president of Colonial Club. He attended the U. of Pennsylvania law school from 1936-39. He then started a long career with the Sun Oil Co.

During WWII in Jan. 1941, he was called to military service by the Pennsylvania National Guard. He studied the Chinese language at Yale U. and in 1944 was sent to China and assigned to the China theater headquarters. He was honorably discharged in 1946 as a lieutenant-colonel. He was awarded the Bronze Star.

In 1978 he and his wife, Gerda, were invited by the Chinese government for a red-carpet trip to that country. In 1981 they took a trip to Tibet, and in 1983 they traveled the "Silk Road" in China.

Wistar's hobbies included gardening, travel, photography, and music. His first wife, Eleanor Pew, died in 1966. He is survived by his wife, Gerda Haller, formerly of Berlin, a son, I. Wistar III, daughters Nancy M. Farry, Mary M. Lane, Eleanor M. Smith, Doreen M. Torrance, and Sandra M. Czapla, and nine grandchildren.

The Class of 1936