Paul Maxwell Vickers ’68

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Paul died Mar. 11, 2001, of lung cancer. He was born in Brisbane, Australia, and came to Princeton from the William Penn Charter School. While at Princeton, he majored in statistics.

At the time of his death, Paul was assistant vice president of Allmerica Financial in Worcester, Mass., where he had worked for 27 years. He was an expert in all aspects of ERISA; he was both a Chartered Life Underwriter and a Chartered Financial Consultant. In 1999 he was named employee of the year, receiving the J. Edward Anderson Award.

Paul was a bridge gold life master and a longtime director at tournaments all over the county. Bridge and NCAA basketball were his main outside-work pastimes.

Paul is survived by his widow, Mary, and his parents. To them, the class extends its deepest sympathy.

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