DON E. FRENCH ’49

DON E. FRENCH, 87, a retired executive with Connecticut General Life Insurance Company, died Apr. 1, 2014. A member of Alpha Delta Phi, he had a long career in the U.S. Army before joining Connecticut General. In the military he served in intelligence capacities, as well as in leadership positions, and he was awarded a Bronze Star. After the war he was recruited to serve as a special agent in the military intelligence division at the Pentagon. He retired from the U.S. Army in 1960 as a Major, and he then began his career with Connecticut General, where he worked for 38 years. Predeceased by his wife, Gladis Soto French, among those who survive are three children, two grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren.