L. Rodman Page Jr. ’41

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Rod died Sept. 18, 2000, at home in Bryn Mawr, Pa., after a long illness. His father was a member of the Class of 1912.

A graduate of St. George's School, Newport, R.I., he joined Colonial Club and majored in geology at Princeton.

He served in the navy, seeing action in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters and was discharged in 1945 as a commander.

An avid sailor, commodander of the Corinthian Yacht Club, he and his first wife, Sheila Clark, built an island vacation home in Exuma, Bahamas.

An exceptional craftsman, he won many blue ribbons for his miniature rooms in the Philadelphia Flower Show.

Surviving are his wife of 38 years, Mary Strafford Page, a son, L. Rodman III, two daughters, Pamela and Katherine, two stepsons, two stepdaughters, and a grandson, L. Rodman IV.

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