William Olier D Lippincott ’41

We lost a most illustrious classmate with the death of Bill Lippincott on Nov. 25, 2000.

Graduating from St. Georges School, he roomed with Brooks Wall all four years, joined junior year by "Greer" Fuller, "Snake" Hundley, "Yak" Yardley, "Crawdy" Madeira, and "Bim" Burham, all Class of '40. They were replaced senior year by "Porky" Young, John Davies, and Hugh Lewis.

This group kept together for years with mini-reunions in Princeton, Little Compton, R.I., Biddeford, Maine, and Martha's Vineyard.

Bill was pres. of Ivy Club and pres. of the Inter-Club Committee.

Entering service in Oct. 1941, he was an instructor in the field artillery school, Fort Bragg, before being assigned to the 10th Army headquarters, Pacific theater, retiring as major.

Bill's career at Princeton began as assistant dean of the college. He then became associate dean and later a very popular dean of students, retiring in 1972 as executive director of the Alumni Council.

He served for some years as a trustee of St. George's School.

Surviving are his former wife, Ellen Kappes Lippincott, nephew Walter Lippincott '60, niece Helen Jennings, six step-grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. He was predeceased by his former wife, Eleanor Hallowell Lapsley.

The Class of 1941