DONALD H. TREDWELL ’51

DONALD H. TREDWELL ’51, the retired president of Markwell Medical Institute, Inc, died Oct. 27, 2012. He was 83. A member of Sigma Chi, he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, after which he received an MBA from Harvard University. He spent his career in advertising, marketing, and brand management working in New York City for a number of companies, including McCann-Erickson, and Colgate-Palmolive before joining S.C. Johnson & Son, Inc.

In 1981 he left the corporate world and with two others started a venture-backed manufacturing company focused on selling medical products for diabetics. Active in Wesleyan alumni affairs, he was a past president of the New York Alumni Club. Survivors include his wife, Anne Scott Tredwell, two children, six grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.