Theodore Hicks Lee ’42

Ted died Jan. 4, 1999, in his apartment in NYC's Stuyvesant Town. He suffered asthma for many years and was battling non-Hodgkin's lymphoma at the time of his death. He worked for the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. from graduation (after the war) until retirement.

A graduate of Choate, Ted majored in modern languages and left Princeton at the end of junior year. During and after the war he served in the merchant marine for a total of seven years, reaching the level of first mate.

When he returned to civilian life he went back to Princeton, with his bride, Betty, who predeceased him. Changing his major to mathematics, he graduated with highest honors and joined Metropolitan Life, settling in Stuyvesant Town, an easy walk from his office. As an undergraduate, Ted was credited with stealing the clapper from Nassau Hall.

To his stepson, Michael Foley, and to his brother, Jack '45, the class offers its most sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1942