William M. Pomeroy Jr. ’40

Bill died April 4, 2006, in Biltmore Forest, N.C.

A graduate of The Hill School, he majored in politics at Princeton, where he received honorable mention for the H.C.G. Joline Prize in Political History.

He was on the 150-pound freshman crew and was alternate basketball manager, a member of the Interclub Council, and president of Elm Club.

In 1942, Bill earned an MBA from Penn. His business career kept him on the move to eight locations, ending in Asheville, N.C., his residence of choice. Bill started working with DuPont, then moved to American Enka as director of marketing. Upon retirement, he became the owner of a Volkswagen dealership and a real estate broker.

Bill was, perhaps, the longest reigning president of a Princeton alumni association on record — from 1960 until his death as the leader of the Western North Carolina club. He was past president of the Civitan Club of Asheville, past governor of Civitan International, and a member of Biltmore Forest Council.

Bill and his first wife, the former Connie McKnight, had four children, Peggy Higgenbotham, Elizabeth Pomeroy, Nancy Togar, and Bill. Following Connie's death, Bill married Gloria Clark Rott, who had four daughters from her first marriage. To them all and to their seven grandchildren, his classmates extend deep sympathies.