William Kingsbury Wight ’27

Bill Wight was born in Hastings, Nebr., the son of E. Van Dyke Wight 1892. He prepared at Blair Academy, where he managed track and was involved in publications and dramatics. At Princeton he was a member of the Press Club, the band, and Whig Hall.

His career was in journalism and public relations, first with the Associated Press, then with the public relations firm of Byoir and Associates. During WWII he handled government relations for 13 industrial firms engaged in war production. He later worked for the Republican Natl. Committee, the Philco Corp., and Warner-Lambert Pharmaceutical Co., in addition to doing private consulting.

Bill is survived by a daughter, Kathleen W. Heaney, and a son, Byron, to whom the class extends its sympathy.

The Class of 1927