Ulysses Grant Buchanan III ’50

Buck died of a heart attack on Apr. 13, 2001, aboard a French canal boat near Toulouse after completing a voyage with lifelong friends and his wife, Betsey. Born June 30, 1925, in Ambler, Pa., he graduated from Hill School and joined our class after serving in the Navy. An economics major, he was active in Theater Intime and Tower Club.

Buck's working career took him twice around the world and included several years in Indonesia with Standard Vacuum, where his sales trips were made by plane, car, bus, train, motorcycle, inter-island steamer, and motor launch. After their early marriage years in California with Tidewater Oil, he and Betsey lived in Singapore, where he was vice president of Southeast Asia Operations for Fluor.

In retirement in Orange County, Calif., Buck was renowned for his love of opera and his keen interest in history and foreign affairs, serving on the boards of the Guild Alliance of Opera Pacific and Orange County World Affairs Council. He was also vestryman of St. Margaret's of Scotland Episcopal Church. This genial classmate will be missed. The class sends its condolences to Betsey, daughters Carol Shestag and Diana Rigney, and granddaughter Ariel.

The Class of 1950