William J. Strawbridge ’44

Windy died Apr. 8, 1999, in Cape Coral, Fla., where he had resided since 1986. Hardly well enough to attend our 50th, he came nonetheless, and in spite of continued debilitating illness and an operation, he talked about making our 55th.

Windy prepared at The Hill, where he played varsity football, basketball, and baseball; at Princeton he continued as a halfback and pitcher. He first roomed with Ben Martin and Ed Schneider, sophomore year with Bob Greeley, and junior year with Butch van Breda Kolff. He was a member of Dial Lodge.

After WWII Signal Corps service, Windy had a chance at professional baseball with the Yankees but accepted a job with Goodyear. He then spent many years with Mosler Safe Co. in upstate New York; they moved him to Chicago. He later started Strawbridge Security Systems.

Always the athlete, he officiated over the year at hundreds of high school and collegiate football games and became an avid, accomplished tennis player. A devoted Tiger, he was responsible through Princeton's Schools and Scholarship Committee for having recruited some fine athletes, five of whom one year played on the same Princeton football team.

With his tennis partner and wife of 54 years, Jan, children Richard, Timothy, and Pamela, and three grandchildren, we share in the loss of a very special classmate and Princetonian.

The Class of 1944