Reuel Kimball Hartshorne ’42

Kim Hartshorne of Bay Point Harbor in Point Pleasant, N.J., died July 26, 2005, in Ocean Medical Center. He was 85.

A talented musician and composer, Kim began playing the piano at 6. By his mid-teens he had written the music and lyrics for several musical productions in his hometown of Rumson, N.J., and at St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. He left Princeton at the end of our sophomore year.

During World War II, Kim became a cryptographer with the Signal Service Unit of the Ninth Army. By dint of their insightful deciphering of messages between German panzer units in the Battle of the Bulge, Kim and a colleague were awarded the Bronze Star.

After the war Kim became a professional pianist and entertainer in Manhattan until he left music for banking and retired as vice president of the Livingston National Bank in 1988. He will be remembered for his avocation — writing delightful songs for the annual Bay Head (N.J.) Yacht Club show, "Bay Head Bubbles."

Kim loved his family and said he was proud of his "good wife (Tina) who works hard and successfully in real estate."

Kim is survived by Tina; his son, Christopher; two grandchildren; and two brothers, Robert and Nathaniel. To them, the class extends its condolences.

The Class of 1942