Malcolm Matheson Jr. ’36

Matty died of respiratory failure Dec. 21, 2007, at the farm home he built in 1938 in Fairfax County, Va. He was 94.

As a child Matty lived mostly at Wellington, a historic house on the Potomac River next to Mount Vernon. He prepared for Princeton at Episcopal High School in Alexandria, Va. At Princeton he played football, competed in gymnastics, and was a member of Cap and Gown Club.

After working for Beech-Nut Packing Co. in New York in the 1930s, Matty acquired a concrete-truck-leasing company in the Washington, D.C., area and his own construction company. He built the visitors’ center at Mount Vernon. He later became president of the Charles H. Tompkins Co., a leading Washington construction company, until it was sold in 1961. Before he retired in 1990, Matty served many years as president of the H Street Building Corp.

Matty was on the board of United Virginia Bank for 30 years and was a member of the Metropolitan Club and the Chevy Chase Club, among others. He and his wife, Pinkey, were prominent among our winter delegation in Vero Beach.

Pinkey and Matty were married for 72 years. She died exactly one week before Matty. Survivors include six children, Emma M. Roe, Malcolm Matheson III ’59, Torrey M. Cooke, Charles T. Matheson, Lila M. Stifel, and William John Matheson; 20 grandchildren; and 37 great-grandchildren. Our condolences go to all.