William T. Holcomb Jr. ’58

Bill died Oct. 13, 2025, in Chicago, Ill. He was 89.

He came to Princeton from Carson (Nev.) High School, where he participated in football, the band, and student government. At Princeton, Bill was in the politics department and a member of Key and Seal Club. He held the Arthur Vandermuhr Scholarship.

After graduation, he spent six months in the Army and then entered University of Michigan Law School. Then he joined a law firm in New York City, got married and in 1967 moved to Scottsdale, Ariz., for a short while and then back to New York City. After a while, he was divorced, and in the mid-’70s moved to Chicago to work for Montgomery Ward. There he met and married Barbara Levine and they opened a law practice together.

Bill is survived by Barbara. The class extends its deepest sympathy to her.