Reuben Lindsay Walker ’50

Reuben "Red" Walker died Jan. 27, 2006, in Beaufort, S.C.

Red, as he was known at Princeton, was with us for just two years. During that time he was president of the Spanish Club, reflecting his Santiago, Chile, birthplace, and was a member of Cottage Club. Prior to Princeton he served two years in the Navy. He went on to the University of Mexico, where he majored in Spanish and graduated with honors in 1950.

His career started with the Socony Vacuum Oil Co., but in 1954 he joined Texaco in foreign sales. He retired as a general manager of Texaco, having posted time in Lagos and Nigeria early in his career, and later in numerous South and Central American countries, where he savored their lifestyles. It was in Colombia that he met and married his late wife, Alice, in 1953. In recent years he lived in Virginia and South Carolina.

We extend our sympathy to his son,

Tom; his daughter, Anne; and his three grandchildren.

The Class of 1950