Thormen Alton Leines ’48

Bud was born Sept. 20, 1922, in Fergus Falls, Minn. He died March 24, 2020, in Baxter, Minn., at age 97. Some of his childhood was spent in Antigua BWI, while his father was working on an airfield-construction project.

Bud did Navy service from 1943 to 1946. He and Jeanette (English) were already married when he entered Princeton in 1946. He majored in electrical engineering, graduating in 1949.

The family lived all around the United States — in 17 different towns in nine states — before finally settling in St. Paul, Minn. Bud had a 23-year career with American Hoist and Derrick Co., beginning as a project engineer and later becoming a division head and vice president. He headed many projects for the oil industry and for other kinds of companies. He ran other projects worldwide — in Norway, South Africa, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and China. When he retired in 1985 the family moved to Hackensack, Minn., “amid pines that were seedlings when Princeton began.” Bud and Jeanette’s marriage lasted for 50 years.

She predeceased him, as did his second wife, Lorraine Stromquist. He is survived by four daughters, six grandchildren, and numerous great-grandchildren.