Rawleigh Warner Jr. ’44

Published in the Oct. 23, 2013, Issue

Bud died June 26, 2013 in Hobe Sound, Fla., his home for years.

Bud graduated from Lawrenceville. At Princeton he roomed with Fred Githler and majored in economics. He was chairman of Orange Key and a member of the Undergraduate Council and Cottage Club. After graduating in May 1943, he served as a captain in the 10th Mountain Division and was awarded a Silver Star, Bronze Star, and
Purple Heart.

Bud married Mary Ann deClarimont in 1946. He joined Continental Oil, then began at Mobil Oil in 1955. He became president in 1965 and chairman in 1969. Bud served Princeton as chairman of a $53-million capital campaign and as a four-year trustee. The University awarded him an honorary degree in 1984. He also was a Lawrenceville trustee.

Bud served as a director of American Express, AT&T, Caterpillar, Chemical Bank, Honeywell, Time Inc., and was on the President’s Committee on the Arts. He was instrumental in starting Masterpiece Theater
on PBS.

A devoted golfer, he annually played with Stretch Gardiner and Dick LeBlond in Augusta just before the Masters.

He is survived by Mary Ann; their daughters, Alison Pyne and Suzanne Parsons; four grandchildren; four great-grandsons; and two sisters. Our country, our class, and Princeton have lost a remarkable, caring human being.