William Armstrong Pogue ’48

Bill Pogue died Dec. 26, 1996, after an extended battle with pneumonia.

Bill was raised in Cincinnati, where his family had founded H & S Pogue Co., the department store. He joined us from St. Paul's, and graduated in 1949 with a degree in psychology. He was active in crew, the photography services, the outing club, and was a member of Tower. He was in the Navy during WWII.

After a couple of years in advertising, Bill went off to Harvard for an MBA and a stint with Champion International in marketing various paper products. In 1963 he returned to real estate, where he was active in real estate development and property sales and leasing. He was married for nearly three decades but had no children.

Bill was busy with civic affairs, including the Cincinnati Museum of Art; his special interest was the Volunteers of America. He was an avid tennis player and golfer as well as a gardener and a collector of exquisite furnishings.

Bill had a wonderful gift for friendship and as his childhood friend and Princeton classmate, Otto Geier, expressed it: "His wit, charm and unfailing good will brighten the lives of all who knew him."

The Class of 1948