He graduated from Georgia Tech with an engineering degree and then worked in Savannah. At 26 he drowned with two other young men while out sailing in the winter. This was a terrible family tragedy, and due to his grandfather's renown it was covered extensively by the newspaper for weeks. He was engaged to be married to his sister's good friend.
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