William Grattan Fallon Jr. ’38

Bill had been in failing health in recent years and died Feb. 19, 2003.

Bill prepared at Swampscott [Mass.] HS, and at Princeton, majored in English, was on the varsity baseball team, and was a member of the Glee Club and of Tiger Inn. He was awarded the Frederick W. Kafer Memorial Cup for Sportsmanship, Play, and Influence in Baseball.

After Princeton, Bill taught high school in Providence, Grafton, Mass., and Minneapolis before joining the Norton Co. of Worcester, Mass., in 1943 as an industrial engineer. In 1951 he became managing director of Norton South Africa, and in 1955 returned to Worcester as director of Norton's Refractories Division. After a stint as vice president and general manager of Norton International, Inc., he was elected president in 1963. From 1967 until retiring in 1974, he was general manager of Norton's Abrasive Materials Division.

In 1940 Bill married Alice Mansur, who died in 1984. In 1991 Bill married Martha Piehler, who predeceased him Jan. 17, 2003. Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth F. Mason and Margaret F. Wheeler, four grandchildren, and five-great grandchildren, to all of whom the class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1938