Willard Thomas White Jr. ’49

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Tom White died Aug. 29, 2010.

He was born July 27, 1927, in Wilmington, Del., and came to Princeton from Tower Hill School. At Princeton he majored in economics, belonged to Cloister Inn, and was assistant business manager of the Nassau Sovereign. He served in the Marine Corps from 1946 to 1947.

Tom’s business career was spent in the insurance industry, and he became president of a large agency known as J.A. Montgomery Inc. He also was a director of the Bank of Delaware.

He is survived by his children, Kathleen W. Fitzgibbon, Julie W. Bathon, Anne W. McNeill, and Tom White; 12 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; and his dear friend Jean Mullin. The class offers condolences to all of them.

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