Roger H. Bettys ’32

Rog died Sept. 1, 2004, in Chestnut Hill [Pa.] Rehabilitation Hospital. He was 94 and was preceded in death by his wife of more than 63 years, Dorothy Dutton Bettys, in March 2004.

Rog was born in Rochester, N.Y., and lived in Willow Grove and Glenside, Pa., for many years prior to moving to Spring House Estates in Lower Gwynedd, Pa., in 1992. While at Princeton he was a member of Dial Lodge and roomed with S.H. Duffield all four years. After Princeton he earned a master's in civil engineering from Purdue University.

Rog was employed as an engineer, working on various projects for the Tennessee Valley Authority. He also worked in design and construction of hospitals in Pittsburgh and at the Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, N.Y. He completed his working career in a supervisory position with the Welsbach Corp. in Philadelphia, retiring about 1975. During the 1940s Rog performed with the Tennessee Valley Theatre Company. He was an avid bridge and tennis player.

He is survived by four children, Dorothy Barbara Benigno and her husband, Frank; Linda G. Bettys; Roger H. Bettys Jr. and his wife, Sharon; and Raymond E. Bettys and his wife, Shirley; and by seven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, to whom the class sends sincere condolences.

The Class of 1932