Lewis Wynne Wister ’36

Wynne died at 89, June 2, 2003. A graduate of St. Paul's School, at Princeton he was our undergraduate secretary-treasurer, and class treasurer during our first alumni years of 1936-41. He majored in English, was president of Ivy Club, and rowed crew three years.

He enlisted as a private in the Air Corps in 1942 and rose in rank to first lieutenant in 1944. He served his last 18 months in the European theater with the 397th and 392nd Bombardment Groups, receiving six Battle Stars.

After the war, he received a master's in English from Harvard. After teaching at the South Kent [Conn.] School for several years, he became headmaster in 1955, finally retiring in 1969 after a very successful tenure.

Next, he and his wife, Joan, moved to their 90-acre tree farm in upstate NY, where he pursued a lifelong interest in the conservation and protection of natural resources. He also served on his town's planning and zoning board, and was town administrator. He was a founder of the Vermont Land Trust.

Wynne is survived by Joan Harris Wister, his wife of 54 years; daughters Sally (and husband Dial Parrott '66), Mary S., and Eliza; and four grandchildren.

The Class of 1936