William Kemper Elliot ’38 *40
Bill Elliot died Dec. 24, 1997, in Brooklyn, N.Y. He had been ill for several months. Bill never married and his closest surviving relatives are a niece and a nephew, his only brother's children.
At Princeton Bill roomed in freshman year with Bill Earle and for the next three years with Bob Anderson. He majored in architecture and was a member of Quadrangle Club.
After graduation, Bill served in the Navy -- it is believed in the Pacific theater -- in some hushhush capacity that, since it involved studying the Japanese language, may have been related to code work, although no one knows for sure. After the war, Bill returned to Brooklyn and practiced architecture with a firm specializing in the renovation and restoration of old buildings. He was also for many years a member of the Brooklyn Heights Casino, which, as an enthusiastic squash player, he visited on a regular basis. Also, from time to time he traveled in Europe and made etchings of many interesting scenes; he illustrated a garden book published by a friend.
Bill was a very private person who only allowed a few people to know him well, but he was well-liked and admired. The class has lost another of its unpretentious but very good men.
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