Rush D. Touton Jr. ’54

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Note: The following memorial was published online with the Feb. 5, 2014, issue of PAW.

Rush Touton died May 23, 2001. His death was unknown to the class until this month.

Born in Philadelphia, he graduated from Lower Merion High School. His college major was electrical engineering and he was a member of Cloister Inn. He was commissioned in the Navy on graduation and spent two years on sea patrol off the coast of San Francisco.

On discharge, he became an administrative engineer with General Electric working with Re-Entry Systems.

No further information was available about his subsequent career or family at the time of this writing. At the time of his death he was living in Wynnewood, PA. The class is honored by his service to our country.

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