Prentiss B. Reed Jr. ’31

Prentiss was born May 4, 1908, in Montgomery, Ala., and died Nov. 6, 1999, at Walker Nursing Home in Virginia, Ill. He was 91.

He graduated from Scarborough School in Scarborough-on-Hudson, N.Y., and in 1927 entered Princeton, where he was a member of Clio Hall. In 1919 he left the university to work for the Otis Elevator Co. in order to have, according to him, "contact with the working class." He left Otis to engage in the fire insurance business. Then he went to R. H. Macy & Co. In 1942 he found his niche in the Army Ordnance Corps, where he "moved around a great deal in the U.S. and the Far East." He served on the general staff of the Far Eastern Command and in the Korean Communications Zone Headquarters and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel. In 1966 he retired as executive officer of the Frankfort Arsenal, after having written two books, Personal Leadership for Combat Officers and A New Look for Army Logistics.

Surviving are his daughter, Susan Dunsmore, his sisters, Eleanor R. Alter and Dolly R. Wageman, two nephews, and one niece. The class extends its deepest sympathy to the entire family.

The Class of 1931