Stuart Keith Atha Jr. ’50

Stu Atha died at his home in Valley Cottage, N.Y., on May 23, 1997. He was 71.

Stu prepared for Princeton at Woodbury Forest.

Before matriculating at Princeton, Stu spent 1943-46 as a navigator in the Army Air Corps, attaining the rank of first lt. at the time of his discharge.

While at Princeton, Stu majored in economics and worked for the College Entrance Exam Board.

After graduation, he joined Hanover Bank in NYC, and, following a period of training, was placed in the Rockefeller Center branch, where he became assistant treas. In 1962, he moved on to Chemical Bank as assistant secy. He eventually became senior v.p. and managed the bank's corporate business in midtown New York. Stu retired in 1987 after 25 years with Chemical.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara; two sons, Stuart III and Peter, and a daughter, Susan, to whom the class offers its deepest sympathies.

The Class of 1950