Gordon Belmont Dew ’49
Gordon died Sept. 11, 2002. He was 77. He prepared for Princeton at Middletown HS in Knoxville, Tenn. He came to Princeton after service in the Pacific during WWII. He left after his sophomore year and later attended the U. of Tennessee. Gordon's career was with J. C. Penney Co. as a store manager in several different locations. He retired after 31 years with the company in Garden City, S.C., in 1981. He was always proud of having attended Princeton.
He is survived by his wife, Dolores; a son, Gordon, Jr.; three daughters, Joyce Hammer, Barbara Polanger, and Patricia Stowell; eight grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren. To them all, the class extends its sympathy.
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