Theodore English ’39

BROUGHT DOWN by emphysema, Ted died Jan. 1, 1993, at his home in Grafton, Mass. He was acutely ill only in his last three days but had been frail for several years.

Ted's career as a newspaperman began with the WALL STREET JOURNAL and continued until he and Polly, his wife of43 years, left NXC. for Grafton. There he worked at the Worcester TELEGRAM for 30 years and was New England regional correspondent for BUSINESS WEEK. 'T'ney Viad a dauglater Victoria, son James, and four grandchildren.

A memorial service for Ted at the nearby Unitarian Universalist Church, largely written by his son, recalled, among other things, that Ted was deeply religious in his own liberal, curmudgeonly way. Typically, Ted called his church news column "Growls from the Last Pew."

One of his abiding passions was music. He played the bass on our Triangle tour. Over the years, he collected great jazz records of our time. Recently, he had transferred the entire collection to tape and donated it to Princeton. Fittingly, because Duke Ellington was his id.1, mourners filing out after his service were treated to the strains of "Take the A Train." Among them was Tom Mountain, who called this "a first for me but something I am sure would have delighted Ted and had his approval." We agree.

The Class of 1939