William G. Bausch ’41

Bill died June 30, 2006, at his home in East Aurora, N.Y., after a brief illness.

A Loomis graduate, he majored in mechanical engineering at Princeton and graduated with honors. Freshman year, Bill was on the fencing team. He joined Colonial Club, and his roommates included Schmucki, Kinney, and Wolcott.

After graduation, Bill went to work for Bausch & Lomb before entering the service as a Navy ensign in July 1943. He served as an engineering officer of a photographic squadron in the Okinawa campaign. He was separated in February 1946 as a lieutenant junior grade.

Bill returned to Bausch & Lomb after the war, but left in 1961 to become general plant manager of Standard Mirror Co. in Buffalo, N.Y. Two years later he became president. Then in 1965, Bill and a partner bought the company. He retired in 1975.

Predeceased by his first wife, Mary Dawson Bausch, he is survived by his second wife of 16 years, Teresa Fabian Bausch; a son, Bill ’66; and a daughter, Carolyn.