Stephen Jeffris Pierpont Wood ’39

Woody, who lived in Highland Beach, Fla., died Sept. 22, 2005, in Cannes, France.

Also known to us as P.J., he came to Princeton from Exeter, but left college after our sophomore year. From 1941 to 1946 he served as a major in the Field Artillery of the 33rd Armored Division in France and Germany. He then joined the Warner Electric Brake and Clutch Co. in Beloit, Wis., where he remained for his entire working career. He was elected president in 1953, and then served as chairman until the company was sold in 1984.

Always an active member of the Republican party, Woody was invited to the White House by Presidents Reagan and George H.W. Bush. He was a philanthropist on the local and national levels and served on the board of Beloit College. His outside interests were golf, tennis, and boating. He owned a boat in the south of France.

Woody was predeceased by his wife, Colette. Surviving are two daughters by his first marriage, Paula Wood Loud and Susan Wood Bleier; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. We offer them our sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1939