Mortimer B. Fuller Jr. ’32

Mort Fuller died in Scranton, Penn., on Aug. 14, 1989. He came to us from Lawrenceville, and at college he was a member of Cottage Club. Employed by the International Salt Co., he rose quickly through the ranks and became president. He retired in 1972. A leader in the salt industry, he established the Antilles Salt Co. in the West Indies. The solar salt factory on the island of Bonaire is named in his honor.

Mort was an extremely active and public-spirited man. In addition to the salt business, he was a director of banks in Dalton, Carbondale, and Scranton, and of Genesee and Wyoming Industries. He was president of the Hahneman Hospital in Scranton and was elected a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1956 and 1960. An avid hunter and fisherman, he belonged to many hunting and fishing clubs, prominent among them the Clemo Hunting and Fishing Club, of which he was a senior member. In 1930, decades before Africa's tourist boom, he went on a pioneering safari there. He gave his trophies to the Everhart Museum and his films to the Smithsonian. He was also master of the Abingdon Hunt for many years.

Mort is survived by his wife of 57 years, the former Frances Acker; a son, Mortimer III '64; two daughters, Pat Fuller and Mrs. Fay Gunster; eight grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. To all of them we send deepest sympathy in their loss.

The Class of 1932