William D. Snyder Jr. ’40

Bill's classmates could always expect to see him at Princeton reunions and games; he told us to count on him at last year's 65th. Sadly, a stroke intervened and Bill's death followed Dec. 31, 2005.

He prepared at Trenton Central High School. At Princeton, he majored in history, was a member of Whig and the manager of Court Club. He received a master's from the University of Virginia in 1951.

During World War II, Bill served as a captain in the Army Signal Corps. One of his stateside assignments brought him to Vint Hill Farms Station in Fauquier County, Va. Postwar, that area maintained its hold on him and he worked for the Fauquier school system for the next 31 years as a teacher, principal and assistant superintendent of schools. Ada Claire Snyder, his late wife, of Alta Vista was the other lifelong Virginia attraction for Bill. They were married in 1944.

He was an avid bridge player, becoming a Life Master, the highest rank bestowed by the American Contract Bridge Association. Bill was chairman of the Fauquier County Library and a member of the Warrenton Appeals Board.

His classmates extend sincere sympathies to Bill's survivors: his sister-in-law, Shirley H. Hughes; niece Winfree Ann Segal; and nephew S. Anderson Hughes.

The Class of 1940