William Carson Bodine ’28

BILL BODINE, a lawyer in Philadelphia throughout his career, died April 29, 1990, at the Devon Manor Nursing Home in Devon, Penn. He went to Kent School. At Princeton he majored in politics and was a member of Colonial Club. He graduated in 1932 from the Univ. of Penn. law school and entered the practice of law with a large firm, Pepper, Hamilton, et al.

Bill became a director of several companies and served as a trustee and acting president of the board of trustees of the Curtis Inst. of Music. He was the first person to be honored by the award of honorary trusteeship by Curtis Institute. He enjoyed golf at the Sunnybrook Country Club, and delighted in horseback riding around Chester Cry., where he was raised. He served during WWII as a It. commander with the U.S. Naval Reserve in the Bureau of Naval Personnel.

Bill married Lois Holding March 17, 1934. She died April 16, 1988. Their children are Mrs. Sheila Schindler and Mrs. Margaret Wallis. One of three grandchildren is Sophie Schindler '87. Bill's grandfather was William Budd Bodine, Class of 1860. Joseph L. Bodine, also Class of 1860, was a greatuncle, and another Joseph L. Bodine '05 was a cousin. To his daughters and their families go the grateful remembrances and heartfelt sympathy of Bill's classmates.

The Class of 1928