William Charles Eberhardt ’39

Bill died June 14, 1998, at Mainstay, his home in Trevett, Maine, where he and Lorraine, his wife of 34 years, had been glad to settle down at last after his peripatetic career as hotel manager of vacation resorts throughout the Caribbean and Canada. This was a second career for Bill. His first was as v.p. of Gould & Eberhardt, Inc., manufacturers of machine tools. When the plant was sold in 1959, Bill embarked on his new career, a calling which also allowed him to indulge in two favorite hobbies, fishing and honing his skill as a ham radio operator, keeping in touch with friends and classmates around the world.

Bill and Lorraine were married in 1964 in the Princeton Chapel. Bill's two children from his first marriage, William C. Jr. and Joan (Mrs. James) Hensley, survive, as do his stepsons Dale and David Thornton. Like Lorraine and all his family, we remember with respect his resolute high spirits in the face of physical problems in recent years. We join with them in giving thanks for the life he shared with us.

The Class of 1939