Roger F. Woodman ’46

Roger Woodman died Dec. 22, 2000, of cancer in Falmouth, Maine, where he had lived for 50 years with his wife, Katherine. Raised in Concord, N.H., "Woody" entered Princeton in 1942, spent three years in the Army Air Force, and graduated in June 1947.

An insurance executive, he became president of a local firm that he sold in 1986 to Commercial Union Insurance Co., for whom he continued to consult until 1998. He was chair of Maine Bank & Trust in Portland. Also, he served as hospital board chair, museum president, United Way president, diocesan treasurer, and school and college trustee. He taught Sunday school for 27 years at St. Mary's Episcopal in Falmouth.

In addition to his widow, Katherine, he is survived by daughter Elizabeth, sons Roger F. Jr. and James '79, two brothers, two sisters, and three grandchildren. To them all the class extends deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1946