Roger P. Batchelor, Jr. ’44

Roger died of cancer July 4, 1994, at his home in Gibson Island, Md.

Roger prepared at Exeter. At Princeton, he rowed on the crew, and joined Cannon Club. Drafted in late 1942, he was soon back on leave as the youngest (20) top sergeant in the Army. Later, a captain in intelligence, he was in Tokyo the day after V.J. Day.

With his bride, Mary (Glossbrenner), he came back to Princeton, and graduated with honors in economics in 1947. Roger started as an entrepreneur, but the Army called him back for Korea. In 1952 he joined Pickands-Mather, an iron-ore-transportation company in Cleveland, becoming a partner. Over the years, he negotiated and ran huge construction projects, such as iron-ore railways, docks, and man-made harbors, in places from Labrador to Australia. When Diamond Shamrock acquired the firm, Roger went to Dallas as a sr. corporate officer, responsible for a group of chemical companies. He retired at 60.

Bill served on the President's Commission for Better Government in Washington, enjoyed sailing and tennis, served on the vestry of the Episcopal chapel; and was president of the Gibson Island Club.

To his widow, Mary; his three daughters, Talitha, Amy, and Nancy; and his son, Roger, the class extends its heartfelt sympathy.