Poncet Davis ’52

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A leader in the rubber business and the head of his family’s firm, Robbins Tire & Rubber Co., Ponce died April 24, 2010.

Before Princeton, he graduated from Culver Military Academy. Ponce majored in economics, belonged to Tower, and roomed with Herbie Herbert. He kept a suite for 50 years at the Seaview Hotel in Bal Harbour, Fla., where he had met his wife, Astra (now deceased).

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