Theodore Dewitt Drury ’48

Ted Drury died Feb. 20, 2004, of pneumonia from advanced Alzheimer's. He was 77.

A native of St. Louis and product of the John Burroughs School in nearby Ladue, he graduated from Princeton with an AB in history. He was in Elm and the Press Club.

Ted began his career with the St. Louis Globe-Democrat as a reporter. In 1959 he moved to Bethesda, Md., and a stint as associate editor for Nation's Business. His next assignment was with the Office of Economic Opportunity to develop programs such as the Job Corps and VISTA. After speechwriting in Stewart Symington's campaign for re-election as senator, Ted went to the National Science Foundation. He transferred to the Federal City Council, where he developed the program that placed scientists in public school clasSrooms. He retired in 1990.

Ted was an enthusiastic member of the Edgemoor Tennis Club in Bethesda. He described his game as "top-flight mediocre."

He is survived by his wife, Kathryn, sons William and Mark, and daughter Anne "Kim." The class has lost a loyal and devoted Princetonian.

The Class of 1948