Sydney Anglin Woodd-cahusac ’40

The Greenwich [Conn.] Times reported that Syd, "a lawyer and corporate executive, who at age 68 became an ordained Episcopal priest, died Jan. 3, 2004, of natural causes. Care and empathy for people were what motivated (Syd) and also (were) what faith could look like when you live it well."

Syd prepared at Erasmus HS in NYC. At Princeton, he majored in history and the School of Public and International Affairs. He won the Class of 1883 English Prize and the Hope Public Speaking Prize. He rowed crew, was the Princetonian's dramatic critic, president of the Undergraduate Council, and was a member of Orange Key, the debate team, and Cloister Inn.

From 1942-46, he served the Marine Corps in the Pacific, reaching the rank of captain. At Iwo Jima, he witnessed the historic raising of the American flag.

In 1947, he graduated from Yale Law School. Starting his law practice in NYC, he became special assistant attorney for New York State, then treasurer of American Standard, Inc. From 1969-81, Syd was treasurer and house counsel for Rockefeller U.

Syd's interest in religious life led him, at 66, to attend Yale Divinity School, eventually serving Christ Church Greenwich. A former class officer and chairman of the Schools and Scholarship Committee in Greenwich, he was a lifelong Princeton supporter.

To his wife of 53 years, Jean Fleming Woodd-Cahusac, his daughters, Ann Neary and Lee Cowans, son Kenneth, grandchildren, and step-grandchildren, his classmates extend deepest sympathies.

The Class of 1940