Person:Charles Kew (2)

KEW^S2 - Charles Eugene, Born December 7, 1912, Kansas City, Missouri. His parents were Charles Robert and Elizabeth Mattocks Kew. He was educated at the Missouri School of Mines are Rolia, Missouri. He was the founder, Chairman of the Board and C.E.O of the Kinetic Dispersion Corporation of Portland, Maine: manufacturer of the "Kady Mill"; speicalized mixing equipment used in the manufacturing of newspaper printing ink, house paint, ceramics, varnish, cosmetics, adhesives, paper coatings. Company was established in 1949. His first wife Gloria Eileen Masson died 1971. He is suurvived by two sons, [names of living individuals have been removed.] Also surviving are five grandchildren, [names of living individuals have been removed.] He is survived by his present wife the former [living] of Greenwich Connecticut. Mr. Kew was a member of Round Hill Country Club of Greenwich and the Indian Harbor Yacht Club of Greenwich, Connecticut. He died after a prolonged illness with cancer at the Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich, Connecticut. Memorial service will be held November 29, at 10:30 Am at the First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich, Connecticut.

C. Taylor Kew '62^S3 Published in Dec. 23, 1992, issue TAYLOR died Aug. 28, 1992, from injuries sustained in the crash of a small seaplane, while on a fishing trip in Alaska with his lifelong friend Vic Raiser '62 and Vic's son Monty '92, both of whom also perished.

Taylor grew up in Buffalo, N.Y., and prepared for Princeton at the Nichols School. At Princeton, he was an engineer and a member of Cottage Club.

At the time of his death, he was chairman of the board of F. N. Burt Co., a manufacturer of custom packaging, which he acquired together with a partner in 1983. Prior to that he had been an investor in and consultant to several industrial companies through Griswold, Hurd & Kew, Inc.

Taylor served on the boards of numerous civic and professional organizations in Buffalo. As an advocate for western New York visual artists, he served first as treasurer and later as chairman of the Burchfield Art Center at SUNYBuffalo, leading that institution to gain significant levels of recognition from the N.Y. State Arts Council. An avid sailor, Taylor frequently raced competitively on the Great Lakes.

A private person, Taylor was not widely known among the Class during his time at Princeton. He was, however, intensely loyal to his close friends and was appreciated by those privileged to know him for his quiet wit and withering humor.

Surviving are his widow, [names of living individuals have been removed.] To all of the [family,] the Class extends its deepest sympathy.

The Class of 1962

1. ↑ Charles Eugene Kew Obituary, in New York, New York, United States. Historical Newspapers, Birth, Marriage, & Death Announcements, 1851-2003
   1992.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Charles Taylor Kew, in Ancestry.com - OneWorldTree (discontinued in 2013): - extremely unreliable source.

   Charles Taylor Kew
   Born:1940
   Kansas, United States
   Died:1992
   Buffalo, New York, United States

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Norris, Edwin M., Editor. Princeton Alumni Weekly. (Princeton NJ: The Princeton Publishing Company)
   23 Dec 1992.

   Charles Taylor Kew

4. ↑ Charles Taylor Kew , in Cape Cod History - Genealogy
   1992.

   Charles died of injuries sustained in a plane crash of July 30, 1992, while trout fishing in Alaska. Also killed: Vic Raiser, a Princeton classmate (1962), who was a fundraiser for Bill Clinton's first presidential run: his son, Robert Montgomery Raiser (Princeton 1992); and Monty's friend, Alexander Scott (Princeton 1992).