William Picton Boswell ’42

Bill Boswell died July 23, 1999, in Cincinnati, his lifelong home. Bill's health had been affected ever since recovering from a serious brain injury in 1978. He retired as chairman of the family owned Boswell Oil Co. in 1990.

Bill prepared for Princeton at Hill, majored in history, and was a member of Cottage Club.

Following graduation he served for four years in the Field Artillery, with the Liaison Chinese Army, as a 1st lt., in the China-Burma-India theater. He was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery in action.

After the war he returned to Cincinnati to join the Boswell Oil Co., founded by his father and now run by Bill's son, Luke. Married to Bob Harvey's sister, Isabel (who preceded Bill in death), he was a dedicated Princetonian who loved nature, architecture and people as well as writing, fishing, laughter, and the company of his friends.

To his daughters, Ellen and Lindsay; to his sons, Luke, Wilson '72, and David; and to his nine grandchildren, the class extends its most profound sympathies.

The Class of 1942