Ogden Williams ’42

Og, exemplar of Princeton in the nation's service, died Mar. 30, 2004, in Ipswich, Mass. He was 84.

Having prepared at St. Paul's School, Og was a history major and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He worked on the Princetonian, was a member of Ivy Club, and was 1941 Uni-versity sculling champion. In WWII as a first lieutenant, he navigated deliveries of Amer-ican bombers to Europe, Africa, and India.

A 1948 Harvard Law School graduate, Og worked for three years with Carter, Ledyard and Milburn in NYC, then served with the CIA in Germany, Vietnam, and India. In 1962 he joined the Agency for International Development. After stints as deputy director in Tunisia and associate director in Vietnam, he became director of USAID South Vietnam's Chieu Hoi ("Open Arms") program. During hs tenure, some 60,000 Viet Cong accepted amnesty. He received many awards including the South Vietnamese National Order. Protest-ing the abrupt cutoff of US aid to Vietnam, Og returned there after retirement to help Vietnamese friends escape to America.

After 1975, Og was a freelance writer on refugee and environmental affairs. An avid outdoorsman, he often climbed mountains in Alaska and enjoyed his farm in West Virginia.

We extend sincerest condolences to Og's sister, Hope Wigglesworth, and her family.

The Class of 1942