Henry Griswold Willard ’54

Henry Griswold Willard ’54, a graduate of Wethersfield (Connecticut) High School, where he was an honors student, ran track and served on the yearbook, died on June 10, 2009. “Jess” received his five-year engineering degree from Dartmouth and went on to receive his master’s from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Jess was employed as an electrical engineer at General Electric until his retirement in 1993, after 37 years of service. He is survived by his wife, Lois, whom he married in 1955; daughters Lisa and husband Michael and Nancy and husband Robert; sister Linda; five grandchildren; and one great-grandchild. He was predeceased by son Stephen.

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