William W. Cowles ’55

Bill Cowles of Redding, Conn., died Apr. 21, 2002, of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was born in NYC and came to Princeton from the Horace Mann School.

At Princeton, Bill majored in electrical engineering and joined Court Club. He then earned his master's and doctoral degrees from Yale. He taught electrical engineering first at Yale and later at Penn.

In 1970 he turned to industry, first joining the R&D Laboratory of SCM in Palo Alto, Calif., returning to the East Coast with the company in 1976, and settling in Redding, Conn. In 1980 he joined the Perkin Elmer Corp., and 1986 he moved to Pitney Bowes.

He retired in 1991 but later taught evening courses at the U. of Bridgeport and enjoyed several consulting positions. Friends will remember him for his wry sense of humor.

Bill is survived by his wife, Nancy; three children, Jenifer Moir, William, and Douglas; and four grandchildren. To them all the class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1955