William Robbins Ridington ’30 *31
BILL DIED Dec. 18, 1990, in a nursing home in Belfast, Me., near the home of his daughter, jean. At Princeton he was active in various student employment ventures, was on the Rifle Squad, played trombone in the band, and roomed four years with Archibald Rutledge.
His career was in reaching classics and he added degrees (A.M., Princeton, 1931; Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1935) plus additional studies in classical archaeology around the world: Middlebury College; American School of Classical Studies, Athens, Greece; Columbia Univ.; Virgilian Society of America, Cumae, Italy; Univ. of Birmingham, England; Aegean Institute, Poros, Greece. Bill taught at Dickinson junior College (now Lycoming College) from 1935 to 1938 and then moved to Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., where he remained to retirement in 1973 and beyond. The Ridingtons were familiar figures on the campus during the 1970s and 1980s.
Bill married Edith Part, who survives and is living with their daughter, Candace, in Birmingham, Ala. Other survivors include a son, William Robbins Jr., and daughters, Jean Goldfine and Joy Boyce. There are five grandchildren and one greatgrandchild. To all of these we extend our deep sympathy.
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