William C. Cummings Jr. ’37

Bill died July 27, 2006, in Janesville, Wis., where he lived for many years. He also had a home in Vero Beach, Fla.

Bill (or “Shovel,” as he was known in school) was born in Chicago and prepared at the Hun School and Andover, where he played soccer, basketball, and football. At Princeton he majored in philosophy, was on the soccer team and manager of track, was vice president of the Managers’ Club, and belonged to Tiger Inn.

In 1941, he married Helen Jeffris and they had two sons and two daughters.

Shovel worked at Westinghouse Electric and later joined Parker Pen Co., practically running the business. He served as president of the Trent Tube Co., Gilman Engineering, and the Kimberly Corp. — each being a subsidiary of Parker Pen — and as president of William C. Cummings and Associates, which was engaged in commercial development. His hobbies were golf and bridge.

We extend our loving sympathy and fond remembrances to his family and friends.