William H. MacCrellish ’44

Bill died Aug. 7, 2013, in Wellesley, Mass., where he lived for more than 50 years.

At Princeton he roomed with Burn Carter, Dick Furlaud, and Bob McCaslin, who died on D-Day in 1944 flying over Romania. Bill majored in politics, played varsity tennis, and was a member of Whig-Clio and Quadrangle Club.

As a machine-gun-squad sergeant in France in March 1943, he earned a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. He finished Princeton with honors in 1946, and in 1949 earned his law degree from Harvard Law School. He joined Nutter, McClennen & Fish, but left in 1954 to start his own firm. After 40 years he returned to Nutter, retiring 15 years later.

He was active in the Princeton and Harvard clubs in Boston, the Red Cross, the Longwood Cricket Club, the Congregational Church, and the library. He served on many corporate and nonprofit boards.

Recently he donated his collection of World War II books to Walnut Hills High School in Cincinnati in honor of Bob McCaslin.

Bill is survived by five children, Bruce ’77, David, John, Stuart, and Sarah; and three cherished grandchildren. He was predeceased by his first wife, Sheila

Moore, who died after 43 years of marriage, and by his second wife, Ann Keleher, after 12 years of marriage.