Willard Allen Speakman III ’60

Bill died of pancreatic cancer April 11, 2006, in Antigua, British West Indies.

He prepared for Princeton at Westminster School and was vice president of Elm Club, president of the Bridge Club, and secretary of the Savoyards.

After graduation, Bill served in the Army and then began a career with the Speakman Co., which had been founded by his grand-

father. He succeeded his father as president and then as chairman, a position he held until his death. Bill also served as president of the Foundation for Economic Education and as a board member of the Independent Institute, organizations established to advance free-market principles and ideas.

Bill was a member of the steering committee of the Campaign for Delaware to raise $225 million for the University of Delaware; a trustee of Tower Hill School and of Sweet Briar College; and on the boards of the Wilmington Library, the University of Delaware Library Associates, and the Nantucket Atheneum.

Bill's wife, Stephanie du Pont Bredin Speakman; his daughter, Isabella Pearson Speakman Johnson; his sister, Susie Speakman Sutch; his stepson, Samuel Irenée du Pont Hyland; stepdaughter, Octavia du Pont Bredin Jones; a granddaughter; and several nieces survive him. The class extends its deepest sympathy to all his family.

The Class of 1960