Rudolph F. Lehnert ’52

Rudy graduated from Lawrenceville, where he played football, hockey, and baseball.

At Princeton he joined Tiger Inn, played football and hockey, and majored in aeronautical engineering. He roomed with Tom Hennon.

Rudy worked at Forrestal Research Center, helping to establish an aeronautical-engineering department for the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India. His love of sport fishing led him to the Egg Harbor Yacht Co., and he became its president.

Living in Princeton with his wife, the former Mildred McCool, he joined in many organizations and activities, including the Varsity Club. He and Mildred had three children, Cheryl, John, and Laurie.

Rudy joined the class executive committee and served as class treasurer and webmaster.

Welcome wherever he went, Rudy exemplified the term “well met.” He was a favorite among his friends, ready with a smile and a joke. The class shares its sadness with Mildred and the children over the absence of Rudy in our midst. He died from lymphoma Sept. 18, 2012.