William McCombs Hardy ’38

Mac died Jan. 14, 2005, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

A native of Little Rock, Ark., he prepared at Hill School before coming to Princeton with Frank Smith, with whom he roomed for four years. At Hill he was active in football, track, and publications.

At Princeton he continued in track, and was a member of Triangle and Charter Club. He majored in geology, graduating magna cum laude and with membership in the Society of Sigma Xi.

During World War II he served in the Army Air Corps. After the war, he began his career as an independent consulting geologist in the oil and gas industry. While residing in Myrtle Beach, he did extensive consulting in Tennessee and Kentucky. In 1944 he married Frances Scarborough, who died in 1966. Mac was a Presbyterian and a member of Rotary International.

He is survived by his second wife, Phynis Lamenta Stewart Hardy, whom he married in 1970; two sons, William Jr. and Mosley Wilson; and four grandchildren. The class extends its condolences to all of Mac's family.

The Class of 1938