Theodore P. Needham ’40

Ted died Apr. 19, 2003, in Morristown [N.J.] Memorial Hospital. He prepared at the Loomis School. At Princeton he majored in biology and was elected to Sigma Xi. He was on the freshman and JV soccer teams, in the Camera Club, and a member of Dial Lodge.

After a year at Cornell Medical School, Ted completed two tours of duty with the Navy: in the Pacific during WWII and in the Atlantic during the Korean War. He became a lieutenant commander and was active in the Naval Reserve.

He obtained a business degree at NYU Graduate School. Having lived in Paris and London before coming to Princeton, and having a broad background in exports and pharmaceuticals, Ted worked in that field for several international companies before joining Charles Pfizer and Co. in 1948. He retired in 1979.

He had a lifelong love of sailing, skiing, tobogganing, swimming, and badminton, but his all-engrossing hobby was photography.

To his wife of 55 years, Edwina Fenton Needham; sons Peter and Thomas; daughter Wendy; and his four grandchildren, his classmates extend their heartfelt condolences.

The Class of 1940