Philip Waddell Smith ’33

Phil died May 17, 2003, at Riddle Memorial Hospital in Media, Pa. He was 91.

After graduation from Princeton and Harvard Business School, he joined CIT Corp., where he served as office manager until WWII, when he became a special agent for the FBI. In 1946 he joined Chase National Bank. In 1957, as vice president, he assisted in opening the consumer credit department, which he headed until he retired in 1972. He was a member of the Consumer Credit Division of the American Bankers Assn. and of the New York Bankers Assn. He was active in the Westfield Presbyterian Church, where he served as deacon, elder, and trustee. He was a fundraiser for the YMCA and United Way, was a director of the YWCA, and delivered Meals on Wheels. He was a member of several country clubs.

Phil was the great-great-grandson of Ashbel Green, Princeton's eighth president.

He is survived by his wife of 64 years, Jeanne Evans; daughters Santita Ogren and Susan Gallant; two grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. He will be missed by family and many friends.

The Class of 1933