Victor Iago Morrison Jr. ’45
Vic died on Aug. 19, 2000, in Old Lyme, Conn., of congestive heart failure. The son of Victor 1905, he entered Princeton from Pawling Academy. Vic joined Elm Club, of which he was vice president when he was called into service with the Marines. He saw combat in the Marshall Islands and the Marianas. Returning to Princeton, he received a politics degree in 1948 and the next year married Elizabeth Holmes McLeod. Vic spent a couple of years in advertising and then turned to writing. In his 50th yearbook submission, Vic noted he still lived in Old Lyme, but that his wife had died and he had married Elsie Paulson, who happened to be the mother of his daughter-in-law.
Vic is survived by sons Victor L. and Park, daughter Susan Chandler, two stepchildren, and four grandchildren. The class expresses its sympathy to Ellie and the family.
The Class of 1945
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