William Dods Hawkins ’34

Bill Hawkins, a prominent industrialist and civic leader in Houston, died Feb. 10, 2002, following a massive stroke. In 1951 Bill, who grew up in Bronxville, N.Y., bought controlling interest in Industrial Towel & Uniform Co. in Houston with help from classmates. He expanded the business from one to seven plants and sold them in 1980.

Over the years Bill served as president of the Institute of Industrial Launderers, the Houston Seafarers' Center, the Houston Country Club, and the Texas Bill of Rights Foundation, and as a trustee of Kent School [Conn.]. He chaired "Princeton in the Southwest" in the 1960s with his wife, Bo, who led the ladies committee, and was a president of the PC of Houston. He won our 1982 award for outstanding achievement.

Surviving, besides Bo, are four daughters, Lee Harrison, Sidney Fay, Francey Pengra, and Anne Hawkins, a son, George F., and nine grandchildren. To them all we extend our sincere sympathies.

The Class of 1934