William Cattell Trimble ’30

William Cattell Trimble died June 24, 1996, at his home in Brooklandville, Md. He was 89.

A native of Baltimore, he attended the Gilman School, and he graduated cum laude in history from Princeton. Bill entered the Foreign Service in 1931, serving in Seville, Buenos Aires, and Tallin in Estonia, before returning to Princeton for advanced economic studies. He arrived in Paris in the summer of 1940.

After evacuation from Europe, he served in Mexico City, then returned to Washington to deal with export controls. He graduated with the first class of the Natl. War College in 1946, and was assigned to Reykjavik, Iceland. He also served in the Hague, Rio de Janeiro, Bonn, and Cambodia. He was deputy assistant secretary of state from 1962-68. At the time of his retirement in 1968 Bill was deputy assistant secretary of state for African Affairs.

Bill was a member of several clubs and active in a number of historical preservation organizations following his retirement.

Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Nancy Gordon Carroll Trimble, a daughter, Mrs. John G. L. Cabot, two sons, T. Ridgeway and William C. Jr., five grandchildren, three greatgrandchildren, and a brother, the Rev. Canon David C. The class has sustained a great loss and extends its sympathy to his family.

The Class of 1930