Wilbur Coe Stoll ’39

Bill died May 28, 2007, at Virtua Memorial Hospital in Mount Holly, N.J.

He had lived most of his life in Plainfield, N.J., where he was an officer in the Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church and served on the boards of the Visiting Nurse Association, the United Way, the Grant Avenue Community Center, and with the Boy Scouts.

After graduation from Princeton, Bill joined Merck & Co. in Rahway, starting in research, where he helped to produce some of the first penicillin and streptomycin, then becoming supervisor of the plant that produced penicillin for U.S. troops during World War II. Later, he joined Merck’s international division, traveling extensively and spending a year in Hong Kong. After his retirement in 1982, he volunteered for several years with the National Executive Service Corps.

Bill’s wife, the former Frances Ferrier, survives him, as do their five children, seven grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. We offer them all our sincere sympathy.