Hoyt Hayes Thompson ’50

Hoyt died Aug. 21, 2001, after a brief illness. He lived in the Kansas City area virtually his entire life, graduating from the Pembroke-Country Day School there. At Princeton he majored in modern languages and literature and was a member of Colonial.

He joined the Townley Hardware Co. in 1954, became president in 1977, and retired in 1983. He served on the executive committee of three industry associations. Devoted to community and to politics, Hoyt called himself "a midwestern conservative." He was development director of the Kansas City Symphony Foundation and chair of the local United Way. Board memberships included the Metropolitan YMCA, Pembroke-Country Day School, and United Missouri Bank of Kansas City. An active Republican, he served on the city council and as mayor of Mission Hills, Kan. An avid hunter, Hoyt served as president of the Kansas City Country Club, as did his father.

The class extends its sympathy to his wife, Barbara, son, Webster, daughter, Deborah, two brothers, and four grandchildren.

The Class of 1950