William Escott Rudel ’38

OUR OUTGOING FRIEND Bill Rudel died May 15, 1991, in a nursing home in Sarasota, Fla., of complications following heart surgery. He had moved from Waquoit, Mass., to Punta Gorda, Fla., in 1990.

Bill was a graduate of Choate School. He belonged to Elm Club and graduated with honors in geology. Before WWII he worked for Dymo Oil Co. and Universal Atlas Cement.

A member of R.O.T.C., he was called up as first lieutenant in the 17th Field Artillery. He was captured by Rommel's troops in the battle of FaidPasserine Pass in Tunisia, and for over two years was a P.O.W. in Italy and Germany and finally in Poland, where he was liberated by the Russians.

Upon discharge he joined Rudel Machinery Co, in New York. He retired as executive V.P. in 1973. He then spent 16 years on Cape Cod where he was a volunteer driver for the Red Cross. He was a dedicated member of the S.F. Mass. ExPOW Assn., serving on the veterans committee of the National Cemetary at Bourne, Mass., where he was buried with full military honors,

Bill is survived by his wife of 52 years, the former Anne Kiley: son Thomas K. '68; daughters Elizabeth Mayerson and Joan; brothers Thomas R. '29 and John; and sister Elizabeth R.S. Gatov. We join them in their sorrow.

The Class of 1938