Milton McIlhany ’57

Milt died Oct. 20, 1995, after a courageous eight-year battle with leukemia. His wife of 25 years, Mary, and his children were at his side in Tulsa, Okla.

At Princeton Milt majored in history and joined Tiger Inn. After graduation he remained a strong Princeton supporter as an Alumni Council member and v.p. and president of the Princeton Club of Tulsa.

His business career was spent with American Airlines. He began his 35-year tenure at Idlewild, N.Y., in 1959. Shortly thereafter, American began a new project called Sabre System. This fascinated Milt, and he became a senior systems engineer with that project.

He remained in New York until 1970. That year he married Mary Imes, a native of Scotland, and they moved to Tulsa. Mary reminisced at Milt's love of anything mechanical. He could take apart and rebuild cars, computers, or whatever he could find. He was a computer adviser to the Red Cross. Another favorite was classical music, especially baroque. Milt was also a member of the New York Choral Society.

Milt would say he loved his wife, three daughters, and Princeton. The class extends its sincere condolences to Mary and their daughters, Catherine '94, Elizabeth, and Heather.

The Class of 1957