Sydney S. Date ’37

Syd Date, son of Lamson Date '43, died Jan. 15, 2001. A sales control manager and director of market research, he was a longtime resident of Winnetka, Ill. Wives Virginia (married in 1937) and Jane predeceased him, and he left a daughter, Winifred "Freddie" Hayes, and granddaughters Julia and Virginia.

At New Trier H.S., Syd was on the rifle team and in the dramatic and honor societies. He majored in economics at Princeton and was Phi Beta Kappa, graduating with high honors. He was a member of Dial Lodge and roomed three years with Norm Biorn, who died in 1987.

Syd started out with Lansing Bros. in Chicago before three years in the Navy, entering as an ensign and becoming a senior lieutenant, with domestic service. His business career was then mostly with Ditto, Inc., in Chicago and then Bell & Howell Co. until he retired in 1995 to Evanston. His hobbies were reading, tennis, bridge, and swimming. He described his life in his biography as "working and playing hard."

The Class of 1937