William S. Barnard *52

William Barnard, a retired vice president of research and development of the Chicopee Manufacturing Co. (a division of Johnson & Johnson Co.), died unexpectedly Dec. 27, 2011, at the age of 86.

After attending Phillips Andover, Barnard entered Harvard, and then served with the Navy in the Pacific from 1944 to 1946. Returning to Harvard, he graduated in 1947. In 1952, he earned a Ph.D. in chemistry from Princeton, after which he began a long career in the research division of Chicopee. After retiring, he wrote a book: The Innovators: Fifty Years of Chicopee Research.

Barnard first worked in Chicopee Falls, Mass., and then in Milltown, N.J., and resided in Princeton for more than 30 years. He enjoyed cultural and sporting events at the University as well as auditing classes.

He volunteered with the Princeton Public Library, Princeton Senior Center, SAVE, and the Unitarian Church. He also enjoyed giving chemistry demonstrations to schoolchildren, and tutoring them in science and math with the Springboard program at the library.

He is survived by his wife, Lenora Florian; his first wife, Barbara Richardson, mother of his three children; and four granddaughters.

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