Kendrick Vernon Weisbrod ’41

Kendrick Vernon "Bill" Weisbrod, fondly called "VK" by classmates, died Mar. 4, 1998, in Huntington, Long Island, of cancer.

He prepared at Solebury [Pa.] School, and at Princeton majored in English. He spent much time with three other poets and musicians: Will Stanton, Allen Ward, and Val Worthington. They were lifelong friends.

After a year as a surveyor in Trinidad, he served in the Navy as code and cipher officer on the USS Monrovia in the Pacific through WWII. He learned the book-export business at William Heinemann in NYC, then moved to England and started L & B Export Agencies, exporter of English and European goods to North America. In 1955 he married Mary Kendrick. They moved to the U.S. in 1975, with two dogs and a cat, and to Long Island in 1980.

Bill was a lifelong sailor and devotee of wooden boats. He spent hours designing and redesigning his boats, interrupting only to sail, spend time with Mary, walk his dog Zeke, and enjoy music. A classical music aficionado, Bill played the piano and violin.

He is survived by his devoted wife, Mary, and numerous surrogate children (many were offspring of his classmates), who were welcomed into Bill and Mary's home and life as they traveled through England and through adolescence.

The Class of 1941