William Randolph Cosby ’34

Bill, who ended a noteworthy career in banking in 1974 as chair and CEO of the Princeton Bank and Trust Co., died Feb. 8, 2001. For the last 20 years, he lived in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.

Bill started banking with Citibank in NYC, where he worked from 1934-42. After three years in the Navy during WWII, he joined Provident Trust Co. in Philadelphia and in 1962 moved to Princeton. He served also as vice chair and chair of the executive commission of Horizon Bancorp, as a member of the executive commission of the New Jersey Bankers Assn., and for three years as a director of the Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank.

At various times Bill was chair of the Princeton chapter of the American Red Cross, on the executive committee of the Princeton Civic Assn. and of Recording for the Blind, and Boy Scout commissioner for Chester County, Pa.

Bill's wife, Peggy Mifflen, died in 1994. Surviving are a son, William R. Jr., a brother, Norman '41, and several nieces and nephews. His brother Joseph T. '29 died in 1987, and brother Frank V. '37 died in 1986.

The Class of 1934