William Whittle Richardson ’38

Bill Richardson died Jan. 4, 2006, in Vero Beach, Fla., after a long illness.

He grew up in Maplewood, N.J., and graduated from Columbia High School. At Princeton he was a member of Cloister, majored in economics, and graduated with honors.

He was drafted in 1940 and served for five years, including duty in the Department of Statistical Control at the Pentagon. He became a lieutenant in the Army Air Force before retiring. While stationed in Spokane, Wash., in 1942, he married Conradina Crommelin.

Postwar, Bill earned an MBA at New York University before starting 45 years of work with the Mobil Oil Co. in accounting and management. In 1973 he was assigned to Tokyo for four years as head of the Mobil affiliate there. He returned home to become project manager for the transfer of Mobil's headquarters from New York to Fairfax, Va. Before retiring, he also served as assistant to the Mobil CEO.

After retirement, Bill and Connie continued their worldwide travels but New Jersey was always home until 1998, when they moved to Vero Beach.

Bill leaves his widow, three children, and seven grandchildren, to all of whom the class extends its condolences.

The Class of 1938