William Allan Cameron ’49

Bill died on Oct. 5, 1999, of lung cancer. He was 71. He prepared for Princeton at Southampton H.S. He entered with the original members of the class in June of 1945, then entered the Army and returned to graduate in 1950 with a degree in psychology. He was a member of Cannon Club.

Bill graduated from Harvard law school in 1953 and joined the New York law firm of Carter, Ledyard and Milburn that year. During his tenure with the firm, he handled the sale of the New York Mets to Nelson Doubleday and Fred Wilpon for his client, Charlie Payson.

The hurricane of 1938 made a strong impression on Bill, and for the rest of his life he was actively involved in the fight to preserve beach-front property on Long Island from further development. He served as chair of the Nature Conservancy's South Fork-Shelter Island Chapter. He was instrumental in establishing the Community Preservation Fund, which will generate $120 million to preserve remaining areas of eastern Long Island.

He is survived by his wife of 23 years, the former Katharine Torrey, his daughters, Jean Cameron Smith and Anne C. Cunningham, and four grandchildren, also two stepchildren, Karen Forkner Wells and Stanley Forkner. To all of them the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1949