William Morris McCawley RIP

William Morris McCawley 1919-2003
Died Tuesday, October 14, 2003. He was born in Philadelphia, PA February 3, 1919 to Comdr. Edmund Smith McCawley and Margaret Yorke Bannard.
He attended Haverford Friends School and Episcopal Academy. He was a camper and counselor at Camp Kieve, Damariscotta, ME. He graduated from Avon Old Farms School in Avon, CT in 1937 and from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1941 with a BS degree in economics.
While at Penn, he ran hurdles and was a member of the Friars Senior Society. He was the alumni president of his class for their 50th reunion.
After college, Bill joined E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. in Seaford, DE. His employment with duPont spanned almost 40 years, including 5 years spent with DuPont International, S.A. in Geneva, Switzerland. He was given time out for military service during World War II, while he served as navigation officer in the U.S. Navy in the South Pacific and along the Atlantic coast. He held various positions with DuPont including market research manager, Orlon, Acetate, product manager, Lycra, and director of international marketing for textile fibers.
Bill was a lifelong Episcopalian, serving as warden, vestryman and lay reader at Trinity Church in Swarthmore, PA, Emanuel Church in Geneva, Switzerland, St. David’s Church in Radnor, PA and finally at St. Andrew’s Church in Glenmoore, PA.
After retirement from DuPont, Bill became president of Terek Corporation, a management consulting firm, from 1981-1987. He served as a member of the board of directors for Camp Hill School at Beaver Run. Bill served in the international trade administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce.
For his 3rd career move, Bill became a real estate agent, working with Roach, and then while at Weichert, he authored a book, Retirement Living in the Greater Delaware Valley, published in July 1993. He was a member of the Aztec Club of Washington, DC and the St. Anthony Club, and as an enthusiastic horseman, was a former president and master of foxhounds of the Pickering Hunt of Chester Springs. For relaxation, Bill kept his hands and feet busy. He was an avid artist (oil paint, woodwork and photography), a gardener, golfer, tennis player, a member of the 80+ Skier’s Club, a blue water sailor and a fly fisherman.
He was predeceased by his wife of 61 years, Sarah Atlee Fisher. Survivors include their children, Sally Fridy of Paoli, PA, Margaret Teillon of Devon, PA, William McCawley, Jr. of Steamboat Springs, CO, Eliza Parkin of Cleveland Heights, OH and Dr. Christopher McCawley of Lyme, CT; and 13 grandchildren. Other survivors include his sisters, Mary Yorke Minturn Haskins of Hamilton, MA and Heath Bannard Porter of Villanova, PA. He was preceded in death by his daughter, Phebe McCawley; and his brother, Edmund Smith McCawley, Jr., who died in July 2002.
A memorial service will be held at 10 am on Tuesday, October 21, 2003 at St. Andrew’s Church, 7 St. Andrew’s Lane, Glenmoore, PA 19343.