Leonard Drorbaugh ’51

Len was born Nov. 6, 1929, in Bronxville, N.Y., the son of Wells and Katharine Colt Drorbaugh. His father was in the Class of 1917 and was founder and owner of  Brides  magazine.

A Deerfield graduate, Len was an English major and a member of Cap and Gown at Princeton. He left in his senior year and completed his bachelor’s degree at Hobart  College, and then earned a bachelor of science degree in agriculture from Cornell in 1954.

He and Terry Dunn were married Dec. 29, 1950. For 10 years he and his wife operated Windsong Farm, their Holstein dairy operation in Quakertown, Pa. After the farm was taken by eminent domain, he was involved in a number of business ventures, all involving agriculture. He and Terry traveled, going to France and Greece, and on boat trips to destinations ranging from the French canals and the Panama Canal to the Barge (formerly the Erie) Canal.

Len died June 7, 2011, at home in Essex, Mass. He is survived by Terry and three of their daughters, Barbara Hammer and her husband, Peter; Mary Werner and her husband, Tom; and Holly Riehl and her husband, Ken; six grandchildren; and his brother, James Drorbaugh ’44. He was predeceased by their daughter Terry Ellen; their son, Leonard Scott; and his brother, Wells Drorbaugh Jr. ’43.