Maurice Thompson Dekay Kennedy ’33

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Tinse Kennedy died Feb. 1, 2004, at the Arbor Hospice Residence in Ann Arbor, Mich. He was 94.

Tinse attended Culver [Ind.] Military Academy. At Princeton he was coxswain on the varsity crew. In 1940 he married Gertrude Mooney, who predeceased him. He was discharged from the Army after WWII as a lieutenant colonel. He worked for the Ford Motor Co. until his retirement.

Tinse is survived by four children, Dr. Mary Lawler, Joan Osmun, Donna Frankwick, and Bruce, and 12 grandchildren. This vigorous classmate will be very much missed.

The Class of 1933

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