Hewitt Campau Wells (1915-1989)

HEW WELLS died on Oct. 2, 1989, after a year's illness. He had gradually retired from practicing architecture and was busily pursuing watercolor painting, an avocation at which he excelled. He also taught and judged art shows.

Hew prepared at Choate, belonged to Cloister Inn and the Triangle Club, and graduated summa cum laude in architecture. He received his master's in 1940. During WWII, he served on the destroyer U.S.S. BAILEY in the Pacific, earning three battle stars.

Kidder Smith '35's ARCHITECTURE OF THE U.S. describes Hew's work as outstanding. An expert in earthquake-proof design, his projects withstood the recent temblor in California. He was a consultant to the Nevada State Public Works Board and a member of the Nevada Wildlife Commission and the boards of the Salvation Army, Trout Unlimited, and other conservation groups. In 50 Years Later, he wrote: "It has been a great life! A great profession, involvement in the outdoors as a hunter and fisherman, a wonderful family, good friends, and good hunting dogs! I have had the privilege of a talent for drawing and painting to keep me ever busy."