William Allen Bittel ’41

Bill Bittel, who was born Dec. 18, 1919, passed away at home in Monmouth Beach, NJ., Sept. 9, 1990, after a long illness.

Bill prepared for Princeton at the Hackley School in Tarrytown, leaving college at the beginning of sophomore year to join the advertising firm Kenyon & Eckhardt. In July 1940 he married Anne Pettit, sister of 1941's William D. Pettit.

Drafted into the Army in April 1944, Bill served with the First Division in the European Theater and fought gallantly as a R and I platoon leader in Hurtgen Forest, the Battle of the Bulge, and the Rhineland campaign. After the war he joined Knox Gelatin in Johnstown, NJ. He devoted his many talents to that company for most of his career, rising to senior V.P. of marketing and then V.P. of sales. Electing early retirement in 1978, Bill formed a special foods consulting firm. During this period Bill and Anne lived in Englewood, NJ. After Anne died in 1983, Bill lived in several places before finally moving to Monmouth Beach.

Bill Bittel loved Princeton and kept a host of friends from there for his entire life. He is survived by three

sons: Michael, Bruce, and Steven; and by three grand children. To all of them, and particularly to his brother-inlaw Bill Pettit, we extend our deep sympathy.

The Class of 1941