William C. Bennett Jr. ’50

Bill died from cancer March 24, 2005, in suburban Washington, D.C..

A Lawrenceville graduate, Bill delayed his entry into Princeton when he enlisted in the Army Air Corps at 18. At Princeton, he was a business manager of Theatre Intime, majored in history, and belonged to Tower Club. He graduated from the University of Florida Law School in 1952 and used his legal training first with Southern Railway and then with Atlantic Richfield (ARCO), where he helped engineer its acquisition of Sinclair Oil in 1969. In retirement he volunteered at a public library and hospital near his Chevy Chase, Md., home.

Bill delighted in playing golf at the Chevy Chase Club, where he led his Friendly Foursome, an innovative group that fashioned its own rules to speed up play and insure early access to the 19th hole. One of his foursome eulogized Bill as "maddeningly modest,"as a man who listened as much as he talked, and now as "a light gone out of our game."

We extend our sympathy to Kay, his wife of 30 years; his three children, William III '74, Kim Rinehart, and Douglas; two stepdaughters; and four grandchildren.

The Class of 1950