Frederick Russell Starr ’38

Ted Starr died Dec. 8, 1996, of Alzheimer's-related illness, leaving his devoted wife of 49 years, Frances, and daughters Elizabeth Thomas, Sharon Turner, Cynthia Bertram, Linda Starr, and Debra Higgins. He died at home in Haverford, Penn.

He graduated from Poly Prep in Brooklyn, and at Princeton he earned honors in classics and won a championship "P" on the 1937 soccer team. He roomed with Dick Shaffer, Charlie Reed, Jack Busby, John Powers, and Dick Glenn. He earned an MBA at Harvard. In 1941 he joined the Army Ordnance Corps, retiring in 1946 as a lt. colonel. He then joined Schrader Automotive division of Scovill Mfg. in Brooklyn. In 1964 he moved the domestic plant to Nashville, Tenn., and spent his last 20 years there as v.p. of international operations, developing the sales and manufacturing divisions on five continents. He used his knowlege of Latin to conquer language problems in Italian, French, Portuguese, and Spanish.

Ted worked hard for Princeton on various schools and scholarship committees; he worked for the class on our distinguished service award panel. He was a Christian stalwart and a truly great friend who will be missed by all of us.

The Class of 1938