Samuel Reid Folger ’41

Sam died Mar. 6, 2002, of Parkinson's. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Summit, N.J., he prepared at Summit HS.

At Princeton, Sam majored in electrical engineering, played 150-lb. football, and roomed first with Emmet Hughes, then with Phil Dale. Senior year he lived at Cannon Club with Paul Busse and Bill Coleman.

During WWII, Sam served in the Navy. After a stint at Harvard and MIT for radar training, he spent two years on destroyers, on convoy and carrier escort antisubmarine duty in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Following service on the cruiser USS Reno, he was separated as lieutenant in Dec. 1945. Sam returned to General Electric in Schenectady, N.Y., and was then assigned as a sales engineer for electrical power systems in the Philadelphia area. After 21 years there, he was recalled to Schenectady to become manager of systems engineering.

He retired in 1985 and moved to Doylestown, Pa. Always active in the Presbyterian Church, Sam was variously a trustee, elder, and lay minister.

Predeceased by his wife, Marilyn Makemson Folger, he is survived by his son, Peter; three daughters, Susan Hornell-Scott, Jane Folger '81, and Ann Folger; as well as three grandchildren. As an ever-loyal reuner, he will be sorely missed.

The Class of 1941