William Hitz Jr. ’31

Bill died Sept. 25, 2001, in Washington, DC. He was 92. He prepared at the Friends School in DC and while at Princeton was a member of Tiger Inn.

Following graduation from Harvard Law School in 1934, he became an attorney for the Reconstruction Finance Corp. and the Federal Communications Commission. He was appointed assistant U.S. attorney for DC. From 1940-46, he served with the Navy's submarine chasers in the Pacific, rising to the rank of lieutenant. He returned to the Department of Justice, where he remained as U.S. Attorney until he retired in 1967 at the age of 56.

A nephew and niece survive him. The class extends its sympathy to the family.

The Class of 1931