Pendleton P. White, formerly of Dover, died in Savannah, Ga. on Feb. 27. He was 91.

He graduated from Harvard College and served as an Air Force pilot during the Korean War. He subsequently flew in the Reserves before retiring from the Air Force after 20 years.

For several years, he served as administrator of the solar and stellar physics division at Harvard’s Center for Astrophysics. He had been managing partner of a national executive search firm and served on the board of directors/trustees of the Investment Trust of Boston, Loomis Sayles, Natixis Funds and AEW’s real estate income fund.

He also served on the board of trustees of The Faulkner Hospital in Boston, Adams House in Boston, the Charles River School in Dover where he was also board president, The Dover Foundation and the Harvard Club of Savannah. He was a member of the Dedham Country and Polo Club, the Landings Club of Savannah and the United States Seniors’ Golf Association.

He and his wife Julia owned a summer home in Edgartown and he was a member of the Edgartown Yacht Club and the Edgartown Reading Room.

He is survived by Julia, his wife of 65 years; his children Pendleton Jr. and his wife Ruth Anne, Henry and his wife Cary, and Anne Kelley and her husband Chip; and six grandchildren.

A memorial service will be at Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church in Savannah at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to Historic Savannah Foundation, 321 E. York Street, Savannah, GA 31401 or at myhsfl.org.

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