Nelson Atlee Kenworthy ’22

The class lost a determined, independent, traditionalist, and vigorous member when Ken Kenworthy died on May 30, 1989, after having suffered for nearly five years from a lack of his full physical capacity, the result of a series of strokes. One of our relatively few engineers, he prac¬ticed his profession with noteworthy success on both the national and international levels. He also served as a second lieutenant in the R.A.F. in WWI and as a captain and eventually a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marines in WWII.

Ken was born in North Plainfield, N.J., on June 15, 1901, and prepared for Princeton at North Plainfield High School. Upon graduation, he entered the construc¬tion business as a carpenter's helper; he eventually rose to be V.P. of Todd & Brown. With this firm, he super¬vised the restoration of historic Williamsburg, Va., and worked on the construction of Rockefeller Center, in N.Y.C. After WWII, he became a consulting engineer, assisting the State Dept. in its building expansion in Washington, D.C., and in the reorganization of the oper¬ation of its overseas buildings. The State Dept. honored him with its Meritorious Service Award. He retired in 1975.

He is survived by his widow, June Cone (Sarah Law¬rence and the Neighborhood Playhouse), whom he mar¬ried on Jan. 30,1943, in San Gabriel, Calif.; a son, James Nelson; a daughter, Lise Kenworthy Dyer; and a sister, Ethel K. Watts. The class salutes Ken and June and sym¬pathizes with the survivors in their and our loss.

The Class of 1922