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Mr. Legg received his A.B. from Yale
University in 1940, with honors in French.
Following his graduation, he pursued a
career in education, serving as a master
at the Malcolm Gordon School, assistant
principal at Oakwood Friends School in
Poughkeepsie, N.Y., headmaster at the
Sandy Spring Friends School in Maryland,
and director of admissions at Morgan State
College in Baltimore. In 1948, Mr. Legg
married Edna Pusey. He was devoted to
his two children, Nancy and Bruce.
In addition to his dedication to the field
of education, he was active in the Quaker
Church. He was a member of the Ameri-
can Friends Service Committee and many
other Quaker activities and organiza-
tions. Upon his retirement, Mr. Legg
and his wife moved to Gex, France, and
he continued his Quaker work in the
Meeting and International Center in
Geneva. Known as a “proponent of
peace,” Mr. Legg never tired from giving
back to his communities.
Mr. Legg was predeceased by his wife,
Edna, in 1984. He leaves behind his chil-
dren as well as his nieces, nephews, and
grandchildren.
1938
Edward “Ned” Crozer Page Jr.
of Chestnut Hill,
Mass., died from
complications
of Parkinson’s
Disease on
September 2,
2012. He was 92.
Born Novem-
ber 14, 1919, in
Bryn Mawr, Pa.,
he was the son of Edward C. Page of the
Form of 1909 and Elizabeth Griffith Page.
Mr. Page attended Episcopal Academy in
Bryn Mawr prior to entering St. Paul’s in
the Second Form in 1933.
A successful student from the start,
he earned first or second testimonials
in each of his five years at SPS. Mr. Page
demonstrated a love of science from an
early age, earning top marks in his classes,
serving on the executive committee of the
Scientific Club, and participating in the
Forestry Club. As was evident throughout
his life, Mr. Page also had a desire to help
those in need; he was an active member
of the Missionary Society. In addition, he
Active in the Episcopal Church, he
enjoyed choral singing. At the age of 50,
he began running, participating in two
Boston Marathons despite open-heart
surgery. He also joined the U.S. Rowing
Association and enjoyed sculling. In a
correspondence with the School in the
early 1990s, Mr. Page wrote, “I keep
learning new fields and am always being
challenged to concentrate on difficult
problems – physical as well as intellec-
tual and spiritual. Thanks to the good
fortune I had to become an educated
person in the great schools of St. Paul’s
and Princeton, I’m still inquisitive enough
and, I think, flexible enough to look
forward to every day as a new venture.”
It was around this time that he began
studying the Chinese language.
Mr. Page will be deeply missed by those
he has left behind. He is survived by his
wife, Barbara; his daughters, Barbara
Page and Carol Pierce; his son, Edward
Crozer Page III; his three grandchildren,
including Paul W. Cooke ’85; five
great-grandchildren; and numerous
nieces and nephews. He was predeceased
by his brother, Dr. Robert G. Page ’39, and
his sister, Mary Page Sears.
1940
Douglas Dunn Donald
a securities ana-
lyst and invest-
ment manager
devoted to his
hometown of
Staten Island,
N.Y., died on
October 1, 2012,
at the age of 90.
Born on Staten
Island on June 12, 1922, he was the son of
Norman H. Donald (Form of 1899) and
Emilie M. Donald. Prior to his arrival at
St. Paul’s School, he attended the Pingry
School in New Jersey. He enrolled at
St. Paul’s in 1935, where he was active
in the Concordian Literary Society, the
Scientific Association, and the Dramatic
Club. He competed with Old Hundred
and Shattuck. In his letter of recommen-
dation to Princeton University, he was
described as “quite industrious and
personally thoroughly reliable.”
participated in Le Cercle Français and the
Cadmean/Concordian Literary Society,
played football for Old Hundred, and
rowed with Halcyon. Mr. Page was lauded
by one former faculty member for his
exemplary qualities: “He has an extra-
ordinarily high sense of honor, and is
tremendously conscientious.”
At his SPS graduation, Mr. Page was
awarded the Vanderpoel Prize for excel-
lence in the study of natural sciences.
He continued to pursue his passion for
the sciences at Princeton, graduating
Phi Beta Kappa in 1942 with highest
honors in chemical engineering. Shortly
after his graduation, Mr. Page enlisted
in the U.S. Navy and married Barbara
Benson Jefferys of Whitemarsh, Pa. He
was deployed to the South Pacific in
World War II as a radar officer on the
submarine USS Cavalla, serving in five
war patrols, including one that arrived in
Tokyo Harbor for the surrender of Japan.
He received a Letter of Commendation
and a medal for “extraordinary perfor-
mance of duties under extremely stress-
ful conditions.” Mr. Page continued active
duty in the U.S. Naval Reserves in Phila-
delphia, retiring as a lieutenant in 1955.
Upon his return from the war, Mr. Page
returned to Princeton, where he earned
his master’s in chemical engineering.
During his graduate studies he received
both the Calco Fellowship and the Phil-
lips Petroleum Fellowship. He began his
career as a research engineer and project
manager at E.I. DuPont in Wilmington,
Del., and continued with a full career in
chemical engineering, retiring as director
of chemical control at Polaroid Corpora-
tion in Cambridge, Mass., in 1987.
After suffering a devastating mid-career
hearing loss, Mr. Page became an ardent
advocate for the hearing impaired, serv-
ing as president for 15 years and board
member for several more on the Boston
Guild for the Hard of Hearing at North-
eastern University. He also served on the
board of various educational programs
and institutions, including A Better Chance
(ABC) in Boston, as well as professional
chemical associations, including the
Electroplating Society of Boston.
DECEASED