Sealand Whitney Landon III ’47

The following is a corrected version of a memorial published in the Sept. 19, 2012, issue.

Whit Landon died Jan. 23, 2011, at The Lodge at Otter Creek in Middlebury, Vt.

After graduating from the Millbrook School, he was accepted into the Class of 1947 but enlisted in the Army in 1943. He served for three years, largely in Europe, where he lost a leg during the Battle of the Bulge and was awarded the Purple Heart.

He entered Princeton in 1945 and majored in architecture. After Princeton, he went west and ultimately to sea as a staffer on a cruise yacht between the Northwest and Alaska. After marrying Joan Johnson of Seattle, they moved to Vermont, where Whit began a career in cartography with the National Survey Co. and later worked with Readex Microprint Corp. Whit and Joan also operated The Old Tavern in Grafton, Vt.

In retirement, in addition to extensive travel, Whit enjoyed bicycling and anything to do with sailboats, airplanes, clocks, and cars. He was an avid reader and had a sharp and gracious intellect. He also had a lifelong relationship with the Boy Scouts of America.

Joan predeceased him in 2009. He is survived by a son, S. Whitney IV ’76; daughter Mary; a brother; two sisters; and four grandchildren. To them all, the class extends deepest sympathy.