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Warren Metcalf with Lisa Metcalf
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Warren Metcalf ’39
Gillet Lefferts, Jr. ’38
Warren Metcalf ’39 died peacefully at home in New York City on June 7, 2021. Warren was born in Syracuse, NY, and spent his early childhood in Auburn, NY, where his grandfather, Edwin D. Metcalf, had founded the Columbian Rope Company. He attended The Allen-Stevenson School and graduated from The Hotchkiss School in 1942. His undergraduate studies were interrupted by World War II, in which he served in the army as a truck mechanic on the Ledo Road, a thousand-mile-long supply route traversing the jungle and mountain passes of India, Burma and China. He was honorably discharged in 1946 and graduated from Princeton University in 1948 with an AB in Economics. He received an MBA from New York University and worked as a securities analyst specializing in the oil and chemical industries. Warren joined The Brick Presbyterian Church in 1959, where he served as Deacon and Elder and recently sang in an inter-generational choir. An only child, he found his brothers in song through the University Glee Club, with which he performed with gusto for over sixty years. Warren was a quiet man with deep reserves of strength who loved family, travel, geography and history. He had an impish sense of humor and was an avid golf player. A true gentleman, he was a person of faith through whom kindness flowed as easily as music.
Gillet Lefferts, Jr. ’38 passed away peacefully at home on March 30, 2021; he was 97 years old. Gil was born in Turtle Bay on May 6, 1923, raised in New York City; he attended The Allen-Stevenson School and Deerfield Academy. A proud member of the Class of 1945, he graduated from Williams College in 1947 and earned his degree in architecture at Princeton University in 1950. Gil honorably served as Airplane Commander in the Army Air Force during World War II. He began his career in architecture at a firm that became Hutchins, Evans & Lefferts. More than 50 years later, he joined William A Hall Partnership as a consultant. At the age of 88, he retired and suspended his 57 years as a Metro-North regular. Gil was an active member of The American Institute of Architects and the Century Club. An accomplished architect, talented artist, writer, lacrosse and tennis player, die-hard Blue Wave football fan, devoted husband, father, grandfather, uncle, "out-law," and friend. A New Yorker at heart, he raised his family in Darien, CT, a volunteer and active member of the local community on Planning & Zoning, the Board of Selectmen, at Saint Luke’s Episcopal Church, the Darien Library, ABC in Darien, Person to Person, and Darien Nature Center. He brought his reserved dry wit, impeccable common sense, unwavering dedication, deep compassion, and selfless humility to all his endeavors.
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