Lewis T. Barringer Jr. ’59

Lew died Sept. 25, 2025, at CareOne Hospice in Hamilton, N.J. For the past 20 years he lived at Windrows in an apartment with a view of both the Cleveland and Chapel towers.

Born and raised in Memphis, Tenn., Lew prepped at Choate. At Princeton, he majored in economics, managed the freshman swimming team, ate at Cloister Inn, and served as its treasurer. Upon graduation, he married his high-school sweetheart, Diane Taylor, and went on to receive an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1961. That same year he began what would become a lifelong career at Chase Manhattan Bank.

After two decades in corporate and private banking, the Barringers moved to Hong Kong, where Lew served as managing director of Chase’s Hong Kong Trust Co. and helped lead the bank’s private banking operations in Asia. After a year back in Princeton, Lew spent a year with Chase in Singapore before again returning to Princeton, retiring in 1993 after 32 years with Chase.

Lew and Diane made Princeton their enduring home, raising four children 
there and remaining active in community and University life. Lew took history 
courses at Princeton, swam regularly at DeNunzio Pool, supported Tiger athletics, and, together with Diane, traveled widely — often by ship.

Predeceased by Diane in 2016, Lew is survived by their four children, Lewis III, James, Robert, and Carolyn; and by three grandchildren.