William Turnbull ’30

William, a lifelong resident of Far Hills, N.J., died Oct. 23, 2002, at his home. He was 94.

He prepared at the Buckley School in NYC, and then at St. Mark's. After Princeton he attended the ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris, and the Yale School of Architecture. He then went to work at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, and then joined the family brokerage firm, Post and Flagg, in NYC.

During WWII he served in the Navy. After the war, he founded United Instrument Corp. in Summit, N.J, with his brother, Arthur. After he sold the company in the late 1950s, he pursued his lifelong love of agriculture, with interests in farms and ranches in Georgia, Colorado, California, and New Jersey.

He is survived by his wife of 68 years, Elizabeth; son Thomas; daughters Ellen and Margaret; 12 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. William was predeceased by his eldest son, William Jr., in 1997. The class extends its sympathy to his family.

The Class of 1930