Rutgers oldest alumnus Walter Seward dies at 111
Walter Seward was a celebrity on campus and at Rutgers events. He was the oldest living alumnus and Rutgers’ biggest fan! He’s also the third oldest living person in US. Shoot he’s even in wikipedia.
According to Gerontology Research Group’s records, Seward was the world’s 30th-oldest person. Most who live to be that old are women. The current record-holder is an Indiana woman, Edna Parker, who is 115!
Through all the decades, he was an avid booster of Rutgers and its football team, attending all but six homecoming celebrations since his graduation in 1917. He was recently featured on the backcover of the Rutgers magazine that came out just last week.
A funeral service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at Kirkpatrick Chapel on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick. A viewing is scheduled for Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Preston Funeral Home on South Orange Avenue in West Orange.
