Thomas R. Pellett ’47

Tom died May 11, 2016, at the Sun Health Care Center in Sun City, Ariz. He was born Dec. 2, 1925, in Hamburg, N.J. After high school he joined the Navy as an aviation cadet. Entering Princeton after the war ended, he graduated in 1947 with a degree in mechanical engineering, then went on to the Wharton School for a master’s degree in institutional management.

While in Philadelphia he met Anne Iffert on a blind date. They married in 1950, and along the way to his successful business career, Anne gave birth to their two daughters and a son. Anne predeceased him.

Tom’s business career started at Lehman Brothers in New York City. Soon a Lehman client, Red Owl Stores, offered him the position of assistant treasurer in the upper Midwest, where Tom and Anne enjoyed the quieter life, together with its myriad outdoor activities. In 1968 the family moved to St. Louis, where Tom accepted the position of treasurer, and later as executive vice president and CFO at Pet Inc., from which he retired in 1990. They then bought a second home in Sun City West, Ariz., in 1995, and moved there permanently in 2006.

Tom and Anne were able to travel together frequently with their children and grandchildren for many years — to most of the 50 states, plus Canada. He kept busy with the stock market, golf, pheasant hunting, and working toward his pilot’s license.

The class sends its remembrance of this contributing and giving classmate to his three children and their families.