Roger P. Kavanagh Jr. ’40

Roger died July 25, 2002. He attended Port Washington [N.Y.] HS before entering Princeton with the Class of '40.

Serving in the Army Ordnance Department during WWII, he was awarded the Bronze Star for duty in the European theater as a captain. Later, in the inactive Reserve, he was promoted to major.

After joining American Homes Inc. in 1945, and working there until 1953, Roger became president of Kavanagh, Smith and Co., a publicly traded company engaged in building in Greensboro, N.C. He was past president of Greensboro Home Builders, director of the Greensboro Chamber of Commerce, and was appointed by the governor to the board of North Carolina's Conservation and Development Dept. He was also active in the Princeton Alumni Assn. of Greensboro and High Point.

Roger enjoyed family activities, tennis, and travel. His classmates wish to extend their sincere condolences to his wife, Elizabeth Gibb Kavanagh, sons John and Roger III '75, and nephew, Eric J. Gertner '88.

The Class of 1940