James Davis Winsor III ’29

Jake died on Dec. 17, 1999. He was 91.

He came to Princeton from St. George's. His sport was crew and his club was Quadrangle. He began his career with his family's New York Stock Exchange firm, Thomas A. Biddle & Co. He was still working full-time until about 10 years before his death. He had served as a gov. of the Investment Bankers Assn. of America and was a trustee of nearly 40 boards, including the Presser Foundation, the Wistar Institute, and the Morris Animal Refuge. He was treas. of the Philadelphia Zoological Society.

An avid golfer, he was a member of the Gulph Mills Golf Club and the Pine Valley Golf Club. For 60 years he was a member of the Orpheus Club, a men's singing group in Philadelphia.

A WWII veteran, he was a part of the military group that evacuated Wernher von Braun and other German scientists from Peenemunde, keeping them out of the hands of the Russians. He was decorated for his service.

He is survived by his wife of 69 years, Sally Wistar Waterman Winsor, a daughter, Sally Wistar Miller, sons Henry and James D. IV, seven grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren, and a sister-in-law, Curtin. To all of them, the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1929