Paul Herman Till Jr. ’51 *55

Paul died of a massive heart attack June 21, 2002, at home in Leawood, Kan. Born Aug. 24, 1929, in St. Louis, he came to Princeton from Cleveland HS and was a chemistry major, Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of Quadrangle Club. After graduation he did a year of graduate work at Harvard and then returned to Princeton to complete his PhD in chemistry in 1955. He and his wife, Jean, were married the previous year.

Initially he was a research chemist at DuPont, where he was involved in the production of Mylar and Teflon. His subsequent management positions included president of the graphic equipment division of Fairchild Camera, managing director of Gillette Industries in London, president of Braun, Canada Ltd., and corporate vice president of United Telecommunications in Kansas City. After he retired, Paul established a private consulting practice and a venture capital project. Paul and Jean also had been sponsoring a Tanzanian child through Compassion International. He is survived by Jean and their two children, Jennifer and Paul; by Paul's wife, Sharon, and their three children, Patrick, Lucy Rose, and Paul Hugh. They have our sympathy on the loss of this dedicated family man and gifted chemist.

The Class of 1951