Philip Bradley Bartholomay ’46

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Phil died Aug. 7, 2002, of heart failure at his Santa Barbara, Calif., home. Graduating from the Cate School in 1942, he entered Princeton to study architecture. He joined Tiger Inn, as had his father, Frank '11. Joining the Army in Dec. 1942, he saw action in North Africa and Italy, and later in France and the Rhineland as a combat infantryman and medical corpsman, earning a silver star. He helped establish the first occupational therapy program in an Army hospital.

After discharge in 1945, Phil married Audrey Anderson and began teaching at the Cate School in Santa Barbara. He then entered the construction business and specialized in swimming pools. He became a licensed architect and built hundreds of homes and additions in central California until he retired in 1996. With his wife and their three sons, Brad Jr., Randall, and John, and three grandchildren, Phil enjoyed camping, snow and water skiing, tennis, and boating. To Audrey and all the family, the class extends its sympathy.

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