Russell B. Spencer Jr. ’50

Russ died Sept. 18, 2016, after a brief battle with leukemia. He was a longtime resident of Malvern, Pa.

Before coming to Princeton, he graduated in 1944 from Radnor High School, where he was class president. He served on a destroyer escort that was credited with sinking a German submarine in the North Atlantic and spent a year in the V-5 program at Ole Miss. Eschewing a football scholarship to Delaware, he came to Princeton, where he majored in economics, participated in intramural sports, played in the band, and belonged to Tiger Inn.

Upon graduation Russ joined DuPont, where he met his wife-to-be, Clare. In 1956 he began a 40-year career with the Bulletin Co. of Philadelphia when he started with its Muzak franchise. He grew that business through acquisitions and eventually became president of Bulletin’s Independence Communications.

After retirement, he devoted himself to the Mid-Atlantic Blind Golfers Association, where he coached several golfers for almost 20 years. He was a caring man, easy to know, who treasured relationships with his work family as well as his immediate family.

Surviving Russ are his wife of 58 years, Clare; son Russell III ’83; daughter Susan; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.