Percy Allan Ransome Jr. ’47

AFTER A LONG battle with emphysema, Percy Ransome died Apr. 30, 1990, in Moorestown, NJ. Perce came to Princeton from Exeter and received an A.A. degree in economics, after a threeyear interruption for Army service during WWII. At Princeton Perce was a member of Tiger inn and was also an outstanding member ofthe lacrosse team.

After graduation, Perce joined Giles & Ransome, his family's business in Bensalem, Penn. He became president in 1957 and chairman of the board in 1982. He retired in 1988. In 1967, Perce and his brother, Ernie 147, and another brother, Dawson, started Ransome Airlines, which became one of the largest regional airlines in the U.S. He served as executive V.P. of that company.

Perce was a dedicated family man. His first wife Marty (Stingel) passed on in 1971. He then married Mary Close. His greatest loves were his family and his Maryland farm on Chesapeake Bay, where he regularly hunted and fished. He also was an enthusiastic golfer. An ardent conservationist, Perce cofounded the Chesapeake Wildlife Heritage Foundation.

In addition to Mary and his two brothers, Perce is survived by six sons, David, Peter, Ralph, and Charles Close, Richard and Percy A. Ransome III, and three daughters, Elizabeth Wilcox, Julie Kenyon, and Susan Metz, and 13 grandchildren. We extend to them our deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1947