William Thomas Couch ’43

BILL FALL) Mar. 7, 1992, in Hot Springs, Ark., following a long confrontation with cancer. He was 72.

He prepped for Princeton at Lawrenceville School, Subsequently receiving an engineering degree from the University. His first employment was with Aluminum Ore Co. in Missouri. WWII intervened; Bill joined the Navy and earned the rank of lieutenant (j.g.).

After his discharge, Bill worked for If years as an executive with Couch Motor Lines of Shreveport, La.

He then moved to Hot Springs, where he would live and work for the remainder of his life. Bill was active in the social and community relations of the city, serving as president of Rotary and of the United Way, and also finding time for his favorite hobby, rose cultivation.

Bill is survived by his widow, the former Mary Mitchell; four daughters, Mary C. Moll, Christiann C, Downing, Jessie J., and Elizabeth; and one sister, Catherine Remmel. To all of Bill's family, the Class extends its most heartfelt sympathies.

The Class of 1943