Phillip Albert Uzielli ’52

Phil died suddenly of a massive heart attack in his birthplace, Florence, Italy, on Aug. 25, 2001. Gifted with irrepressible joie de vivre and contagious good humor, even during his difficult last years, Phil made and cherished friends the world over. In the words of one friend, it was "always summertime with Phil."

He attended Milton Academy, and at Princeton was a mechanical engineering major and member of Cottage Club. Later he served Princeton on the Schools Committee and Alumni Council.

Phil went on to Harvard Business School and an investment career. A longtime associate and sometime trustee of Toqueville Asset Management in NYC, he owned Tanglefoot Co. in Grand Rapids, Mich., producer of organic insecticides; Halcyon Days of London, producer of enamels; and, best known to his friends, Green's Restaurant and Oyster Bar in London. At Green's, Phil remained true to the guiding principle he wrote for our class history: "Always leave them laughing when you say goodbye."

To his beloved companion, Isabelle de Waldner; his children and their spouses, Nicolas and Isabelle Le Blan, Beatrice Uzielli, and Alessandro and Kimm Uzielli; and to his grandchild, Adriana Olivia Le Blan; the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1952