Yeates Conwell ’44 *49

Yeates died Feb. 23, 2017, in Newark, Del., with family present.

He came to us from St. Paul’s School. At Princeton he majored in chemistry, played varsity hockey and track, and was a member of Tiger Inn. His roommates were Norm Conze, Herb Hobler, and Tim Knipe with Ferdie Baruch and Walt Hughson down the hall.

In 1946 Yeates and Herb went on a cookout at the Jersey shore, where he met Mary Atwood. They married in 1947. He entered the Navy in 1943, and served as a deck officer for 27 months in the Pacific before returning to grad school and earning a Ph.D. in 1949. His first job was with DuPont, where he specialized in poly chemicals. Yeates was active in class affairs, serving as secretary of the Princeton Alumni Association of Delaware, and was involved with the Red Cross and a local church.

He retired from DuPont after 40 years. He and Mary lived in Australia for three years and traveled widely. He attended 57 reunions, plus four mini-reunions in Washington, D.C., Louisville, New Orleans, and Bermuda.

Yeates was predeceased by Mary, his wife of 62 years, who died in 2010. He is survived by his son, Yeates Jr. ’76; daughter Anne Nemetz; and three grandchildren.