Wayne Mendell ’37

He was born in Battlesville, Okla., and lived in East Orange, N.J. He came to Princeton from East Orange High School, where he was active in debating. After his freshman year, Wayne left Princeton and became associated with five different businesses. After a year or so in the Army, he was given a medical discharge.

He became associated with the advertising business and wrote ads for Sears, Roebuck & Co. Following his retirement from Sears' national headquarters in Chicago, Wayne and his wife, Beverly, moved to La Jolla, where he went to work for Crawford M. Reynolds, a furniture retailer.

His hobbies included playing the organ, listening to music, and reading. In earlier years he was a member of the Princeton Club of Chicago and the Edgewater Men's Fellowship Club. The class extends loving sympathy and fond remembrances to Wayne's family and friends.