Theodore Demott Vreeland ’42

Ted died Dec. 25, 1997, in Austin, Tex., his home for less than a year. He had lived and practiced law in Princeton for 45 years before moving to Texas.

Ted attended Mount Hermon before coming to Princeton, majored in English, and was a member of Cloister Inn club. He left at the end of junior year to join the Marine Corps, where he served for five years. He saw action, with the 2nd Marine division in Tarawa, in the Pacific theater and attained the rank of captain.

After the war Ted came back to Princeton, graduating in 1947, and received his law degree from Harvard in 1949. He established his own practice in Princeton, retiring in 1997. Ted and his wife, Helen, served as foster parents for over 30 years for Children Home Society of New Jersey, giving loving care to 86 needy babies, as he had been cared for as an orphan by the same organization.

To his widow, Helen; to his daughters, Isabel and Anna; to his sons, Benjamin, Garret, and Daniel; and to his nine grandchildren, the class offers its most sincere condolences.

The Class of 1942