William Frederick George Botzow ’31

Bill Botzow died Sept. 17, 1998, at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mt. Kisko, N.Y. He was 87. He prepared at Carteret Academy. At Princeton he was on the 150lb. crew, the third varsity crew, the JV crew, and the Daily Princetonian staff; he joined Tiger Inn, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.

In 1934 he earned an LLB from Harvard and started a practice specializing in trusts and estates with Humes, Smith and Andrews in NYC; the firm evolved into Humes, Botzow, Wagner & Miller.

Bill served in the Navy from 1943-46 as a navigation officer and tactical radar instructor and then in the Office of General Counsel. He was a lieutenant at the time of his discharge. Active in community work, he was trustee of the Westmoreland Sanctuary; trustee, vice-chairman, and secretary of Northern Westchester Hospital; director of Patent Press; trustee and secretary of the Boy's Club; and president of the board of trustees of BedfordRippowam School in Bedford, N.Y. He was a member of numerous clubs, including the Princeton Club, and belonged to St. Matthew's Parish. An avid skier, interested in many sports, he gave three single shells to Princeton so that others might enjoy sculling.

He is survived by his wife, Bett Cole, daughter Annie H., sons Rufus Cole and William G.F., and one grandson. The class extends sincere sympathy to them.

The Class of 1931