William N. Farlie Jr. ’57

Bill died Dec. 14, 2012.

At Princeton, he majored in psychology and joined Key and Seal. He was active in WPRU, and with Milt Rubin, Stu Pertz, and Merritt Cohen produced a radio show called Farlie’s Follies during freshman year. His senior roommates were George Thomas, Howard Gordon, Norm Rousseau, and Paul Roberts.

Bill attended Georgetown University Law Center, receiving a bachelor of laws degree in 1960 and a master of laws in 1961. He married Barbara while there and began practice in Washington. In 1964, Bill moved to the New York area with Westinghouse. In 1967 he moved to Los Angeles to manage a Westinghouse radio station.

Two years later, he came back to New York, eventually becoming president of Macmillan Electronic Media, an arm of the publishing corporation. Along the way, he was vice president of RKO General and CFO and executive vice president of two advertising agencies. From 1980 to 2003, he was a consultant with Gilbert Taney Farlie in New York, retiring in 2003. His civic services were extensive in his hometown of Montclair, N.J., where he was mayor.

Most of all he loved his home and its many joys with his wife, Barbara; and children Lisa, William M. III, Craig ’89, and Matthew. To them, the class sends condolences.