Wallace Mannington Kain ’51

Wally was raised in the New York City area and graduated from Roosevelt High in Yonkers. A mechanical engineering major, he was a member of Cannon Club and captain of the rifle team. His roommates were Gayle Price, Cal Smith, and Joe Zawadsky. 

As an ROTC Distinguished Military Student, he was sent to Fort Bragg as a second lieutenant in the 82nd Airborne, where he was an aide to his commanding general. After three years of Harvard Law School, he joined AT&T as a patent lawyer working for companies in the Bell System and living in several locations from Yonkers to Greensboro, including seven years in Princeton.

Upon retirement in 1984, Wally and his wife, Joan, moved to Sanibel Island, where he worked passionately for a number of conservation and animal-protection causes. He headed the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation and was mayor of Sanibel for two terms. 

He also pursued hobbies including sport shooting, wildlife photography, sailing, biking, and writing novels. He and Joan also enjoyed travels to distant parts of the developing world. 

Wally died Oct. 16, 2021, leaving two sons and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren as survivors.