This Day in History: 1931-06-05
Among the Mahwah residents who were graduated from colleges and universities this spring was William E. Simpson Jr., who received his B.S. in chemistry from Rutgers University. In addition to being an outstanding student academically he was president of his fraternity, manager, president, and leader of the Rutgers Band, a member of the YMCA Cabinet and Vice-President of the New Jersey State Council for Young People’s Religious Education. He won a varsity letter in track and was President of the Spiked Shoe, the National Honorary Track Society. It was said of him, for some reason, that nobody found him with time on his hands. (His father was Pastor of the Reformed Church.) (Bristow)