William Hollenback Jr. ’40

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Our former class vice president and Reunion chairman died May 15, 2002. He was a committed Philadelphian, Princetonian, and searcher for the meaning of life.

Bill prepared at Chestnut Hill Academy and Solebury School, majoring in history at Princeton. He was on the crew team and a member of Cap and Gown Club.

His whole life was flavored by nautical interests: Naval service from 1940-46, later as a lieutenant commander in the Naval Reserve; Princeton's representative in the National Assn. of Amateur Oarsmen; president of the University Barge Club; president of American Rowing; swimmer; snorkeler; boater.

Bill was president of his own firm, W. M. Hollenback Co., a dealer in utility coal. He also chaired the Philadelphia Club and supported the Philadelphia Orchestra.

While Bill did not pretend to be a latter-day Diogenes, he was forthright in discovering "who you have been living with all these years." As a bachelor most of his life, his reference was to himself in our 40th Year Book. That search led him to marriage in 1986 to the late Maisie Cadwalader, "an enchanting woman — that has transformed my life."

To his four stepchildren, Catherine Worrall, Ellen Greenleaf, Amanda Manuyama, and Charles Worrall, his classmates extend their sincere sympathy.

The Class of 1940

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