Malcolm Branson Lowe Jr. ’45

Mac died Feb. 26, 2004, following an extended and courageous battle against progressive supranuclear palsy. Classmates who shared eight days with Mac on an arduous Colorado River trip a few years ago will never forget his unfailing patience and valor.

Son of Malcolm Branson Lowe '13, Mac prepared at Hotchkiss. He joined Cannon Club, and was president of the Undergrad-uate Council and president of the Princeton Engineering Society. Mac was captain of the varsity wrestling team and runner-up in the Eastern Wrestling Intercollegiate Champion-ship of 1944. He served as a lieutenant in the Maritime Service, seeing activity in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters, and received a degree in chemical engineering in 1947. He capped his Princeton career by stealing the clapper.

After Princeton, Mac joined the family business, Lowe Paper Co., in Ridgefield, N.J. In 1960 he joined Riegel Paper Co. in North Carolina, and was later transferred to New York. After 20 years he returned to North Carolina, where he developed several Hertz car rental franchises. In 1958 he married Elizabeth Lamons, and her antiques business provided frequent opportunities for trips abroad. He retired in 1987.

He is survived by Betty, son Branson, and daughter Sarah, known respectfully to the river rafters as St. Sarah for her devotion to her father during the days and nights on the Colorado. The class extends sympathy to the family.

The Class of 1945