William Wilbur McCue Jr. ’45

Bill McCue died Dec. 12, 2003, following a three-year battle with dementia resulting from a severe viral infection.

Bill entered Princeton from Woodbury. His education was interrupted by service with the Navy when he received a commission to Pensacola Naval Air Station. He returned to receive a degree in economics in 1948. After graduating, Bill returned to active duty with the Navy and retired as a captain after 22 years of service, including a tour as commanding officer of the USS Currituck and squadron commander of VP-21 at the Naval Air Station in Brunswick, Maine. Bill's campaign ribbons attest to service extending from World War II to Vietnam. When he retired, he was commander of the ASW Systems Program Office in Washington, D.C.

Bill next became active in real estate in Colorado and Florida, specializing in appraisals for government acquisition. Appropriately, Bill was buried at sea in the presence of his family and members of the Punta Gorda Sailing Club, of which he was a past commodore.

Bill is survived by his wife, the former Peggy Allington; his three sons, Rick, Gary, and Mark; and two grandsons, to all of whom the class expresses its deep sympathy.

The Class of 1945