Nicholas Biddle Jr. ’40

We lost Nick April 26, 2013, when he died at home in Gladwyne, Pa.

Born in Jamestown, R.I., where he spent nearly every summer of his life, he grew up in the Philadelphia area. He attended St. George’s School and graduated from Episcopal Academy. At Princeton he majored in geology, ran track, led the debating club, and took his meals at Colonial. During World War II he was an artillery officer in Europe, earning a Bronze Star and attaining the rank of major.

Nick’s entire career was spent in the family insurance firm, now Biddle & Co., where he was a director until his death. He was active in the Philadelphia Zoological Society, the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Fort Mifflin on the Delaware, and Lower Merion (Pa.) Township. A private airplane pilot for 51 years, Nick’s leisure pursuits included travel, woodworking, oil painting, magic, golf, and tennis.