Laurence Fenninger Jr. ’36

Larry died Jan. 10, 1997, in Charlotte, N.C. He prepared at the Hun School. At Princeton he majored in history, rowed varsity crew, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

In 1936 he joined the Bethlehem Steel Corp. at its Quincy, Mass., shipyard. Rising steadily through the ranks, he was elected v.p. for public affairs in 1970. He retired in 1977 after more than 40 years of service.

A member of the American Iron and Steel Institute, he served on its trade and public affairs committees. He also was on the advisory councils of the U.S. Dept. of Labor Statistics and Princeton's Dept. of Economics.

He was a director of Historic Bethlehem [Pa.], the Pastoral Institute of the Lehigh Valley, and the Allentown Art Museum. In 1974 he was appointed by Pennsylvania's governor to serve on the board of that state's state colleges. He enjoyed five years as a part-time faculty member teaching industrial management at night at Bethelehem's Moravian College.

Larry is survived by a son, Peter L.; a daughter, Kirsten Ramage; a brother, Dr. Leonard D. '38; a sister, Louise Sayen (widow of James C. Sayen '38); four grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. He was predeceased by a son, Michael B.

The Class of 1936