Washington Bowie V ’33

Wash died Mar. 29, 2001. He was 89. He was a lifelong resident of Lutherville, Md., and came to Princeton from Boys' Latin in Baltimore. During WWII, Wash was stationed for 32 months in China/Burma/India theater with the Army Engineers, laying oil pipeline from Lido, India, to Chany, China.

In 1946 he married Mary McIntyre Pennington, who survives him. As a civil engineer, Wash was employed first at the Baltimore County public works and then for 37 years at the former J. E. Greiner Co., now URS. He was active in the Episcopal Church, had been a Boy Scout troop leader, and was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars. Wash's principal volunteer interest was the Lutherville Volunteer Fire Co. He joined at the age of 17 and remained an active member for 40 years.

In addition to his wife, he is survived by daughters Jane Allan Bowie and Marion E. Robbins; sons Washington VI and Landon; and two grandsons.

The Class of 1933