Walton Harper Marshall Jr. ’34

Walt, who lived at Leisure World in Silver Spring, Md., died of emphysema on July 13, 2001. He was 87.

Born in Newton, Mass., he grew up in NYC and prepared for college at Taft in Watertown, Conn. After Princeton he attended MIT and earned a degree in chemical engineering. During WWII, Walt served on carriers in the Pacific and was discharged from the Navy with the rank of lieutenant commander.

After his return he founded the Marshall Moorman consulting firm in NYC. His work took him all over this country, Europe, South America, and Japan. After the death of Mr. Moorman, Walt moved business and home to his farm in Virginia, Laurel Grove, from where he continued his work.

A great-great-grandson of Chief Justice John Marshall, Walt was a music lover and supported the Washington Opera. His marriage to the former Dora Talcott ended in divorce. In 1956 he married Elisabeth Hoffmann in Salzburg, Austria, who survives him.

The Class of 1934