William B. Hewson ’33

William B. Hewson died June 5, 1998, at the U. of Pennsylvania Hospital of complications following a ruptured aorta. He prepared at the Morristown [N.J.] School and Maison Sillig in Vevey, Switzerland.

In 1933 Bill joined the Brooklyn Union Gas Co. (now Keyspan) and retired as v.p. in 1963. He then was administrative v.p. of the Community Blood Council of Greater New York and later associate director of development, leadership gifts, for Alumni Development of Princeton.

Bill was a member of the Princeton Club of New York for over 50 years, a friend of the Princeton Chapel, of Princeton football, basketball, and lacrosse, a treasurer of the Princeton Alumni Council Regional Assn. of Southern New Jersey, and a president of the Princeton Alumni Assn. of Nantucket Island. His other clubs included Colonial Club, the Nantucket Yacht Club, the Somerset Hills Golf Club, the Morristown Club, the Princeton Gun Club, the Springdale Golf Club, and the Nassau Club, where he was treasurer, v.p., and president.

Bill leaves his wife, Barbara, son William B. Jr. '57, daughter Barbara '73 and her husband, Dr. Charles Marboe '71, daughter Jane '77, 13 grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at the Princeton Chapel on Mon., Sept. 14, 1998.

The Class of 1933