Phinehas Louis Walter Chrystie ’45

Phin died June 5, 2002, in Plantation, Fla., of cancer. He entered Princeton from Darrow and was with us for only a year, departing early to enlist in the Army Air Corps. He was commissioned as a 13-17 pilot in the Eighth Air Force. His plane was shot down, and he was a prisoner of war for almost a year. Phin married the former Margaret Shanahan in 1948, and worked in management at Trans World Airlines and at Pan American Airways in DC. He moved to Plantation in 1964, where he worked in commercial relocation.

Phin was an active and devoted participant in many community activities in Plantation. Most notably he volunteered as an advocate for abused and neglected children in court proceedings and worked with the State Department of Children and Families to see that counseling services were supplied. He was active with the Plantation Athletic League, serving on their board of directors and organizing sports in the community. In 1999 he was honored by the Miami Herald for his volunteer work. Phin is survived by Margaret, son Douglas, daughter Janet Wargula, four grandchildren, and by his sisters, Margo Chrystie and Maxine Flanagan. The class expresses its sympathy to the family.

The Class of 1945