William Dwight ’51

Bill died Mar. 5 of heart disease. He came to Princeton from Deerfield Academy. With us he was a member of SPIA, graduating from the Woodrow Wilson School, was business manager of the Nassau Sovereign, a member of Cottage Club, and was on the crew four years.

He was wounded as a Marine platoon commander in Korea and was awarded the Purple Heart with two battle stars. Bill's career thereafter was multiple. Beginning with his family's Massachusetts newspapers, he was successively a trainee with the Hartford Courant, a reporter on the Holyoke Transcript Telegram, associate publisher, and editor and publisher.

Following his newspaper career, Bill owned and operated a Holyoke restaurant. He was also involved in Massachusetts politics as an aide to Republican Congressman Silvio Conte. Later he was an economic adviser to Congressman John W. Oliver and a tutor at Holyoke Community College to students in grammar and writing.

Bill was president of the Holyoke Chamber of Commerce, vice president of the Mount Tom Council of Boy Scouts, and was on the board of the Visiting Nurses Assn. of the Pioneer Valley.

Bill is survived by his wife, Julie, four children from his first marriage, brother Don '53, a sister, and six grandchildren. The class sends its deep sympathy to them all.

The Class of 1951