Lee D. Bellmer ’50

Lee died April 30, 2016, in Indiana Township, Pa.

Born in West Virginia, Lee graduated from Kingswood Oxford School in West Hartford, Conn. At Princeton, he majored in biology and belonged to Dial Lodge.

During the Korean conflict, he served as a lieutenant junior grade aboard the aircraft carrier USS Philippine Sea for two years. His last year was at the Navy amphibious base in Norfolk, Va.

Upon his discharge in 1953 he entered the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he not only earned a law degree in 1956, but also met and married a fellow law student, Shirley Ann Weaver.

His lifelong career was with Westinghouse. He retired in Pittsburgh in 1992 as director of human resources. He was especially proud of his groundbreaking hiring practices and support of women and minorities in the workplace.

Lee was an active community member, serving as a Big Brother, scoutmaster, coach of varied sports teams, and zoning commissioner. Lee noted at our 25th reunion that when he moved to Pittsburgh in 1973, he was “fully licensed by Barnum & Bailey with wife, four kids, four dogs, two cats, horses (now four), boat, and camp trailer.”

Shirley, his wife of 61 years; daughters Alice, Amy, and Anne; son Lee; and 11 grandchildren survive him.