Matthew Carton Dittmann ’35

A retired Center City lawyer whose entire 45-year career was spent working for Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll in Philadelphia, Carl died in Bryn Mawr Hospital on Mar. 19, 2000. He was 85.

He prepared for Princeton at Germantown H.S., where he played football and was a class officer. At Princeton, he majored in economics and was a member of the Glee Club, Whig-Clio, and Key & Seal. He received his law degree from the U. of Pennsylvania in 1938 and spent WWII in the European theater with the Army Field Artillery, emerging as a lt.-col.

Carl's interests ranged widely. His legal specialty was litigation for public utilities, but he also did selected corporate work for his beloved Philadelphia Phillies and hosted an opening day party for them for more than 30 years. He also was a board member of United Way, a hardworking fundraiser for Penn as well as for Princeton, an avid golfer, and member of both the Merion Golf and Cricket Clubs, and a former '35 pres. He served his church [St. Mary's Episcopal in Ardmore, Pa.] as everything from vestryman to Sunday School teacher. Survivors include the former Frances Hackett, his wife of 58 years, three sons, a daughter, eight grandchildren, and a sister.

The Class of 1935