Alexander Greig

Alexander Fraser Greig, Jr. passed away on Friday February 17,2012 with his family at his side.
He was the son of the late Alexander Fraser Greig and Georgina Deick (Robb) Greig and was born in New London, Connecticut on October 12, 1929. He resided for the first 33 years in Groton, Connecticut attending the local schools including Robert E. Fitch High School where he served as Class President for his 4 years. He continued his educational pursuit attending night classes while working and obtained his Associate Degree from Mitchell College in 1959 and his Bachelor Degree in Industrial Management from
C. W. Post College in 1965.
He married Natalie Annette Morrill in 1951 and they had one son, Alexander Fraser Greig, III.
In 1947 he joined the new company in Groton, Chas. Pfizer & Co., Inc. at the age of 17, being one of their youngest employees at that time. As a member of the Personnel Department, he became the Plant Safety Supervisor in 1956. At the request of Corporate Management, he accepted a transfer to the Pfizer Plant in Brooklyn, New York where he became the Personnel Manager. In 1980 he was promoted to Assistant Personnel Director for the Chemical Division with a move to Corporate Headquarters in New York City.
In 1986 he was approached and asked to develop a central office to serve over 5000 Pfizer retirees worldwide. In addition to handling calls and inquiries from such places as Australia, England, and Hawaii, he organized yearly gatherings for retirees in the United States. Such places included Chicago Illinois for a dinner/theatre, Disneyland Hotel with Mickey Mouse in attendance, Dallas, Texas, Pinehurst, North Carolina and Orlando, Florida where his guest for his final gathering in 1991 was Alice Faye of Hollywood fame.
He retired on January 1, 1992 as Divisional Vice President, Retiree Relations with 45 years of continuous service with Pfizer, Inc.
Alec had several interesting hobbies. Singing started early in his life with church choirs filling much of his need. In 1962, he acted and sang the lead part of Curly in the Pfizer production of OKLAHOMA.
During the 1950's Alec and his father were a close knit team racing their Starboat sailboat, Thistle, in which they gathered a number of awards. In 1962 with his relocation to Long Island, Alec moved up to a large Triton cruising/racing sailboat. In 1975 along with his son, Alexander (Skip) and his godson, Craig Olsen, as crew members, Alec won the National Triton Championship which was held on Long Island Sound. He later moved to a larger trawler boat in which he and his wife, Natalie cruised many of the Long Island ports as well as the New England coastline for 25 years.
In the late 1990's Alec found a desire to write short stories and poems, some of which appeared in the local papers. One of his poems was selected by the International Library of Poetry and published in their annual book of poems from around the world. Some of his short stories had a religious theme to them indicating a firm religious background.
He leaves his wife, Natalie Annette, to whom he was married for 61 years, his son, Alexander (Skip) and his wife, Cynthia, 3 grandchildren, Jennifer and her husband Daniel Cenatiempo, Brian, Andrew and his wife Samantha, a brother, William Buote-Greig and his wife Eletha as well as an aunt and cousins in Scotland.
Funeral services will be held on (day) (date) at Our Savior's Lutheran Church, 16 Glenwood Road, Glen Head, New York. Interment will be private.