Roger Baber Prescott Jr. ’46
Roger Prescott died June 3, 1994, of a heart attack at his home in Keeseville, N.Y.
Roger prepared at Exeter. During the war, Roger served in the Pacific in the Navy's amphibious-landing forces, reaching the rank of lt. j.g.
At Princeton Roger was on the golf team, majored in economics, and was a member of Quadrangle
Club.
After attending Harvard Business School, Roger joined the family firm of Prescott and Co., in Keeseville, becoming its CEO and president and later
serving as president of the Keeseville Natl. Bank, the Ausable Chasm Co., and the Polar Caves Park in Plymouth, N.H. He was a member of the board of directors of the Delaware and Hudson and Bangor and Aroostok Railways.
Roger served as president of the northern New York Center, the United Way of Clinton County, and
the Keeseville Kiwanis Club. Earlier, Roger had been active in the Boy Scouts of America, the Red Cross, the Elks, and the YMCA.
Roger is survived by his wife, Nancy, his daughter, Diana Zais, and two grandsons, Samuel and Daniel Zais. Roger's son, Roger III, predeceased him.
The class sends its sympathy to all members of the Prescott family and regrets the untimely loss of one of its outstanding members.
The Class of 1946
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