William T. Osborne ’36

Bill died July 28, 2007, at The Hermitage at Cedarfield in Richmond, Va. He was 93.

Bill graduated from Deerfield Academy. At Princeton he was a member of Campus Club. After college, he attended Yale Law School.

During World War II, Bill served four years in the Army in the European theater, rising to lieutenant colonel and earning a Bronze Star.

In 1980 he retired from the Jersey Central Power and Light Co., where he was a senior corporate counselor. He served on the Chatham (N.J.) Borough Council and the planning board. He was a member of the New Jersey and Morris County bar associations and was a volunteer for Meals on Wheels. He enjoyed sailing off the Maine coast.

Bill was predeceased by his first wife of 23 years, Janet MacKay Osborne; his daughter, Jean B. Osborne; and his brothers, John and Henry. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Bettie Anne Ginn Osborne; daughters Elizabeth O. Bond and Louise O. Haedt; stepdaughters Pamela P. McElrath and Susan P. Powell; and seven grandchildren. We indeed will miss Bill.