William P. Cleaver ’37

Bill Cleaver died Sept. 9, 2012, at his home in Cranford, N.J., two months before his 98th birthday.

Bill was born in Newark, N.J. He attended Mercersburg Academy and graduated cum laude. At Princeton he majored in economics and graduated with honors. He was a member of the swim team, the Rugby Club, and Key and Seal.

After Princeton, Bill went to work for American Sugar Refining Co., later known as Amstar. Bill spent his career in the sugar industry, working in the Philadelphia refinery and then transferring to the New York office. He was promoted to vice president and later became president of the American Sugar Division. He received the prestigious Dyer Memorial Sugar Man of the Year award. He worked for Amstar 49 years before retiring in 1979.

Bill married Virginia Whaley in 1938. They had one daughter, Janie, who is an honorary member of our class. Bill served as ’37’s treasurer and later as co-president. In June 2012, he attended our 75th reunion. He was a devoted husband, loving father, and a kind, caring, and generous person to all who knew him.

He is survived by Janie, a cousin, two nieces, and a nephew. To them we express our sympathy and fond remembrances of a loyal, ever willing, and concerned classmate.