Walter G. Huber ’49

Walter Huber, always known as Pat, died Nov. 12, 2011, at his home in Petoskey, Mich.

Pat was born June 4, 1927, in New York City. After Millbrook School and two years in the Navy as an electronics instructor, he came to Princeton. He belonged to Quadrangle Club and graduated magna cum laude with a degree in electrical engineering and membership in Phi Beta Kappa.

In 1992, Pat retired from Illinois Tool Works as general manager of the cutting-tool division. He and his wife, Penny, who were married while he was still an undergraduate, then retired to Alanson, Mich., to a house designed by their architect son, John Whitney Huber ’73 *76. They called it Tilwoth. He and Penny supported good causes wherever they lived and served in a number of leadership positions.

Pat liked to ski, sail, and share his humor and positive outlook on life with others. To Penny and Whitney, the class sends sympathy. Son Walter G. Jr. predeceased them.