Martin Van E. Buren ’43

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Ted died March 24, 2005, at Bentley Village Care Center in Naples, Fla. He was 84.

A native of Rutherford, N.J., he graduated from Princeton in 1943 and rose to captain in the Army, serving with distinction in the Pacific during World War II.

Ted ran his own company, Van Buren, Inc., for 45 years before retiring in 1990. He was a member of the Princeton Club of Southwest Florida, as well as the Naples Athletic Club.

Ted is survived by Jean Cole Van Buren, his loving wife of 56 years; a son, Peter; two daughters, Mary Wilkinson and Sally Schramm; a sister, Mary Van Buren; six grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

To the entire family, we extend our deepest and most heartfelt condolences.

The Class of 1943

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