Whitney Darrow Jr. ’31

Whitney was born Aug. 22, 1909, in Princeton and died Aug. 10 in Burlington, Vt. He was 89.

He attended Greenwich [Conn.] H.S., and at Princeton he was a member of the class crew squad, The Daily Princetonian for all four years, and "Diogenes Lamp," and was art editor of The Tiger, and a member of Tower Club.

After graduation he soon sold cartoons to a variety of magazines, including Life (the old Life), Judge, and College Humor. He also illustrated books for authors such as Jean Kerr, Nathaniel Benchley, Marie Webb, Peter Schwed '32, and Art Linkletter. But he basically devoted his life to The New Yorker, from 1933-82, and when he retired the magazine had published 1500 of his cartoons. Lee Lorenz, former art editor of The New Yorker, said, "He was a great creator of comic ideas . . . and his wit [was] as sharp as his pen."

The class had some serious discussions with Whit some time ago about leaving his collection of cartoons to Firestone Library, and Dave Kreitler says this is now a fact, or will be eventually.

Whit is survived by his wife, Mildred; his son, Barton; his daughter, Linda; and two grandsons, Jesse and John Ricciarelli. To the entire family, the class extends its warmest sympathy.

The Class of 1931