Udolpho Snead MacDonald ’29

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Bud died Feb. 9, 1998. At Princeton he played water polo and was a member of Dial Lodge. His career was interrupted in 1948 by a bout with polio, from which he made a heroic recovery, not only resuming his business career but giving much of his time to assisting handicapped people. His work with Snead & Co. dealt with bookstacking for libraries and steel partitions. That included five months in England supervising installations in the Manchester Public Library.

Bud's hobbies included golf, skiing, and polo. He taught skiing to the visually impaired and organized the March of Dimes in Mendham Township, N.J. He was president of the Rotary Club in Jersey City.

In 1948 Bud married Grace Baker, and she survives, as does their daughter Leigh. The class extends sincere sympathy to Bud's family.

The Class of 1929

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