William Bridges Hunter ’37

Bill was born in Louisville, Ky., and died Feb. 10, 2006, in Greensboro, N.C. He was 90.

Bill came to Princeton from the University of Louisville in 1934. He majored in English, and after graduation, he pursued the study of English as his life's work. Before becoming an English professor, Bill worked for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad and the Retail Credit Co. He later graduated from Vanderbilt University with a Ph.D., specializing in Milton. He was a founding member of the Milton Society of America, editor of A Milton Encyclopedia, and author of many scholarly articles.

Bill taught English at Mary Baldwin College, Wofford, Baylor, the University of Idaho, Macalester College, the University of New Hampshire, and the University of Houston. He also was a Fulbright professor in India. He loved music and played the flute in the Spartanburg, S.C., orchestra. He had a passion for art, history, Biblical studies, science, gardening, travel, hiking, and chocolate.

The love of Bill's life was his wife of 65 years, Margaret Jackson, who survives him along with his sons and daughters-in-law, Bill and Eris Hunter and Jim and Louise Hunter; his daughters and sons-in-law, Sarah and Tom Wright and Penelope and Lee Carr; eight grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

Our fond remembrances and loving sympathy go to his family and many friends.

The Class of 1937