Norman Cosby ’41

Norm died Feb. 9, 2007, in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, where he was president of his class all four years, Norm majored in history at Princeton. He was vice president of our class freshman year, secretary and treasurer sophomore and junior years, and vice president again senior year. He joined Cap and Gown Club and roomed with Dick Arnzen.

Enlisting in the Army Air Corps in August 1941, Norm became a pilot in the 8th Air Force. On one mission he was forced to parachute over the English Channel. Separating as a captain in 1945, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with five oak leaf clusters.

After a short stint as pilot with Eastern Airlines, Norm joined Beck Engraving in New York City, where he became executive vice president. From 1970 until his retirement, he was senior vice president with Walker-Prismatic Engraving Corp. in New York.

Predeceased by his first wife, Christine Hanson Cosby, and by his second wife, Jenn Joy Cosby, he is survived by his wife, Mimi Grace Cosby; sons Guy and Christopher; daughter Meredith Doucette; and four grandchildren.