BANNING REPPLIER ’39

BANNING REPPLIER, a public relations and advertising executive, died Aug. 30, 2007, at age 90. He was a member of Alpha Delta Phi and served as a paratrooper in the U.S. Army during World War II, participating in the Los Banos prisoner-of-war rescue in the Philippines, which was memorialized in the PBS film, Angels at Dawn.After working for other agencies, he formed the Banning Repplier Advertising Agency, and was later vice president of the First New Haven National Bank. He and his wife also owned the Lambert’s Cove Country Inn for 23 years. Active in the New Haven (Conn.) community, he also served as Wesleyan alumni fund chairman and on other alumni committees. He had recently spoken at Wesleyan, recounting his World War II experiences. Survivors include his wife, Elizabeth Morgan Repplier; four children, including Peter K. Repplier ’77; three stepchildren; his former wife, Marjorie Hemingway; 10 grandchildren, including Ian Applegate ’04, Michael Repplier ’09, and Austin Applegate ’97; and a large extended family.