Peter T. Gebhard Jr. ’39

Pete died Aug. 28, 2012, in Westport, Mass., not far from Providence, R.I., where he spent most of his working life.

At the time of his retirement, he was president of his own metal-castings company, Impco Inc. In 1939, at the beginning of his career, he worked for International Harvester in East Moline, Ill. In 1940, he joined the Navy, rising to the rank of lieutenant commander. He supervised shipbuilding in Pittsburgh; was a hull-division officer in Argentina and Newfoundland; and was a dry-docking officer at Pearl Harbor in 1944–45. In the middle part of his life, he was with Fisher-Price Toys in East Aurora, N.Y.; L.G. Balfour Co. in Attleboro, Mass.; and Gorham and Kinney companies of Providence.

After the war, Pete attended Harvard Business School. For many years he was secretary of his class of ’47 and enjoyed keeping up with his 600 graduate-school classmates.

Pete served on the boards of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Rhode Island and the Acoaxet Club in Westport.

To his wife, Elizabeth; his three children and their spouses; and seven grandchildren, the class gives a faithful salute.