Willard Max Henkelman ’36

At 85, Bill died Aug. 13, 1999. He prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton, he majored in politics and was a member of Tower Club. He was a graduate of Harvard law school.

During WWII, he served four years as an army intelligence officer with the Eighth Army in the Pacific theater. He was awarded the Bronze Star and army commendation medals. He was honorably discharged as a major. For his 30 years of total service, he was promoted to col. in the army reserve corps.

Bill practiced law for 60 years with the Scranton law firm of Henkelman, Kreder, O'Connor and Brooks. He was on the board of the Citizens Saving Assn., a past pres. of his local Kiwanis Club, and the Lake Waynewood Assn., a longtime director of the Lackawanna Historical commission and a member of the Scranton Club. He also served as past pres. of his local Princeton Alumni Assn. and a member of its schools committee.

Bill is survived by his wife, Elizabeth , son Steven '71 *74, daughter Elizabeth , sister Ethel, and three grandchildren, Emily, Erik, and Scott.

Bill was a loyal Princetonian and classmate. We will miss him.

The Class of 1936