Management consultant
Aubrey Huston Jr. died Tuesday at home. He was 80.
Born in Berwyn, Pa., he was raised in Villanova, Pa. He moved to Princeton in 1957 and Lawrence in 1994.
At the time of his death, he was president and owner of the Princeton Executive Institute, a management consulting firm.
He was retired from the Hay Group of Philadelphia after serving as vice president of J. P. Cleaver Co. of Princeton for many years. Previously, he was sales manager of Aberfoyle Manufacturing Co. of New York City.
A graduate of St. George’s School, Newport, R.I., he was a member of the Princeton University Class of 1944, leaving to join the Army Air Corps in 1942.
He served in the Pacific Theater with the First Radio Squadron, which at one point took him to the Himalayas in Tibet to repair a radar installation. He was honorably discharged in 1946.
A former president of the Princeton Skating Club, he was a member of the Ivy Club, Pretty Brook Tennis Club and the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He also served the Princeton University Class of 1944 as a class officer and in many capacities throughout his life.
Son of the late Aubrey Huston and Helen L.C. Huston Bettle, brother of the late Esther M. Price and Caroline B. Whitney, he is survived by his wife of 53 years, Katharine W. Huston; son and daughter-in-law Aubrey and Alice C. Huston of Hopewell; daughters and sons-in-law Natalie W. and Ellis Wiles of Springfield, Va. and Marion B. and John Lisko of Seattle; brother Morrison C. Huston of Chester Springs, Pa.; grandchildren Peter A. Hunter, Isabel B. Huston and Jocelyn P. Huston of Hopewell; Geoffrey H. Wiles and Nathaniel E. Wiles of Springfield, Va.; and Barbara K. Lisko and Frederick L. Lisko of Seattle; and many nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, May 25 at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St., Princeton.
Memorial donations may be sent to Trinity Church, 33 Mercer St., Princeton, 08540.