Percy Sacret Young Jr. ’28

Percy Young died Feb. 19, 1995, at his home in Gillette, N.J. He had suffered from cancer, and, although confined to his bed, successfully continued his work as class agent.

He prepared for college at Exeter, and at Princeton ran cross-country, majored in history, and was a member of Gateway Club. He spent his career in the bond department of Prudential Insurance Co. and became general investment manager. He served during WWII as a lieutenant commander in the USNR, and was stationed in both the Caribbean and the Pacific.

Percy's avocation was walking trips abroad, together with ocean voyages, to reach many parts of the British Isles and Europe. Asked why he visited the Queen Charlotte Islands off the shore of British Columbia, he replied simply, but adequately, "They were there on the map, and I had never been there!"

He married Patricia Anne Postley in 1946. They had two sons, Percy III and James. Three brothers followed him to Princeton, George '32, William '33, and Thomas '37, and several nephews were at Princeton in the 1960s.

Percy served on the executive committee of the class, attended class affairs, was an Annual Giving chairman, and class agent. We will miss this quiet, loyal, unassuming classmate, and will be inspired by his constant love of Princeton.

The Class of 1928.