Walter J. Devlin ’37

FAITHFUL PRINCETONLAN Wait Devlin died July 26, 1990, after a short but valiant battle with cancer.

Walt came to Princeton from Lawrenceville. At Princeton he majored in economics and graduated with honors. He was associate editor of the Dink, member of the Debating Panel and Arbor Inn, and junior Class Committeeman. After Harvard Law School, he became a member of both the N.Y. and NJ. bars, was an attorney with Lindabury, Depue & Faulks in Newark 19421943, and then in the legal department of Standard Brands, and assistant to the president of Fleischmann Distilling Corp., a subsidiary. He rose to president of Fleischmann, and at retirement in 1980 was president and director of Julius Wile & Sons, Fleischmann's parent company. He also served as chairman of the industry's natl. association, and was founder and first chairman of the board of Discus, a trade association of retail liquor dealers.

in 1945 Walt married Gene Dickson and they produced sons John and Peter and daughter Tricia Zanghi, with six grandchildren. A daughter, Mary, died in 1969.

Our sympathies go to the family, as the Class will sorely miss him.

The Class of 1937