Palmer Martin Way Jr. ’38

Palmer died Dec. 17, 2003, after a long illness.

He prepared at the Lawrenceville School, where he was on the track team and yearbook board. At Princeton he majored in mathematics, was on the track team, and was a member of Quadrangle Club. He earned his law degree from Harvard Law School in 1941.

Palmer served in the Army Air Corps from 1942-45. After the war, he became a partner in the firm of Way & Belasco in Wildwood, N.J., until 1984. He was a member of the New Jersey and American bar associations, and a former president of the Cape May County Bar Association.

Palmer was a civic and professional leader in Cape May County, serving as mayor of Wildwood Crest from 1948-56, and was a past president of the Wildwood Kiwanis Club. He was also an avid sportsman, fisherman, boater, and golfer.

He is survived by his wife of 63 years, the former Virginia Durell; four children, P. Martin III, John H., Judith Bouchard, and Elizabeth Marinelli; 10 grandchildren; and his sister, Ella Kay, to all of whom the class extends its sincere condolences.

The Class of 1938