Wilson Kennedy Ray Jr. ’48

Wils Ray died Oct. 14, 2000, at Kennebunkport after a brief illness.

A native of Pittsburgh, he graduated from Shady Side Academy. Following service in the Navy from 1944-46, he entered Princeton and majored in economics. He was in Tower and graduated in June 1950.

Wils was employed for 30 years by the Aluminum Co. of America. Many of those years were spent in the international division with stints in Lausanne and Tokyo. During the 1970s he served as president of Alcoa, Japan. Upon retirement he worked for five years for Harmarville Rehabilitation Center in Pittsburgh as vice president of marketing.

Wils and Virginia were married in Nov. 1952, and they retired to Maine in 1987, where he was active in civic affairs in Kennebunkport. He served a term as president of the board of the Graves Memorial Library.

In addition to Virginia, he is survived by daughter Virginia and two grandchildren. To them the class offers its condolences and shares, somehow, in the loss of a loyal classmate who was always proud to be a Princetonian.

The Class of 1948