William Stalter Gall Jr. ’53

Illness prevented Bill from being with his hockey teammates on the 50th anniversary of their winning the Pentagonal League Championship. He died of cancer June 21, 2003, in New Hartford, N.Y.

Born in Quebec, Bill attended the New Hampton School. Princeton roommate, fellow forward, and Cottage Club member Jinx Cleaves remembers Bill as "lively, engaging, happy-spirited, and modest." In addition to being the hockey team's second-highest scorer, Bill was a hard-hitting outfielder on the baseball team, according to Jinx. An economics major, Bill belonged to the Aquinas Foundation and Catholic Club.

After graduation he received an MBA from Penn's Wharton School and married Claire Kearins in 1961. Over the years he was associated with Univac, IBM, Windsor Tax Services, and ran his own firms of Gall & Annese and Gall Data Systems.

Besides Claire, survivors include daughters Barbara Sheehan, Mary Beth Fairchild, and Kathy Sveen; son William S. III; brother Peter E. '54; sisters Eileen Leonard and Mary Horsley; and eight grandchildren.

Bill was a gentle soul with a quiet strength that guided and supported the people he loved, and his greatest joy was being with his family. All who knew Bill admired his passion for life and things dear to him.

The Class of 1953