Edward (Ted) Slingluff Brinton of West Chester
Edward (Ted) Slingluff Brinton, 98, died at Kendal Crosslands, Kennett Square, on Saturday, Sept. 23.
Ted was born in West Chester, on Jan. 13, 1925, the son of Edward and Mariam Brinton.
He attended Westtown Friends School in Westtown, where he was on the Honor Society and captain of the tennis and swimming teams. He was inducted into the U.S. Army Corps in October 1943. He was transferred to the 89th Army Infantry Division where he saw action in the Battle of the Bulge. Following his discharge Ted entered the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated from the Wharton School with a bachelor’s degree in management and economics in 1948.
In the same year, Ted married Joan (Toni) Ruth Zimmerman who died in 2011 after 62 years of loving marriage.
Upon graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, Ted joined the DuPont Co. working on the development and manufacture of synthetic textile fibers. His career included the management of manufacturing facilities in Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Delaware. Upon retirement From DuPont in 1985, he spent four years working as a management consultant with Reliance Industries in India.
Ted was very active in many Quaker organizations both local and national. He was co-founder of the Birmingham Peace Center and the Peace Garden at Birmingham Friends Meeting. He was a member of the Executive Board of Trustees and chaired the Personnel and Finance Committees at Pendle Hill, a Quaker Study, Retreat and Conference Center. He served on the Personnel Committee of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and the Friends Fiduciary Corporation. He also was active with the American Friends Service Committee as a member of the Peace Committee and headed their Material Aids program.
In 1970 Ted helped establish the Delaware chapter of Business Executives for Nuclear Arms Control (BENAC). The organization grew into the Project for Nuclear Awareness and many similar initiatives. As a result of these efforts, Ted received the Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities Caring Business Leaders Award in 2004.
Following his commitment to the environment, Ted served on the Birmingham Township Planning Commission and the Open Space and Recreation and Parks Commission. He was a founding member of the Brandywine Conservancy’s Environmental Center. Ted was appointed to the Board of Directors of the Brinton Family Association responsible for the William Brinton 1704 House, a National Historic Landmark, and became the Board President for twenty years.
Ted was an active skier and mountain climber. He worked one summer for the Appalachian Mountain Club at Madison Spring Hut located on the shoulder of Mt. Madison, New Hampshire.
He continued to hike well into his 90s including in the west of the US and in France, Wales, and Switzerland. His most memorable climb was to the summit of Kala Patthar, Nepal overlooking Mount Everest base camp. He was also a keen sailor and woodworker.
Ted was a loving and supportive father to his children Garry (Ricki Hurwitz), Gail Bryan (Caesar), Chris (Lisa), and his seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. He is also survived by his long-term loving partner Phoebe Driscoll. In addition to his wife and parents, he was predeceased by his sister Martha Mermier.
Contributions in memory of Ted can be made to the AFSC (www.afsc.org), Birmingham Friends Meeting (www.birminghamfriends.org), or to the charitable organization of your choice.
A memorial service in celebration of Ted’s life will be held at Birmingham Friends Meeting (1245 Birmingham Rd., West Chester, PA 19382) on Oct. 28, at 1 p.m.
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