WALLACE IRVING "WALLY" STIMPSON

1937 - 2022

STIMPSON, Wallace Irving (Wally) Loving Husband, Father, Grandfather and Son of the "Stimpmeter" Of Needham, MA and Naples, FL, passed away on November 11, 2022, at Massachusetts General Hospital, in the loving embrace of his close family. He was 85 years old. A businessman, athlete, and Naval Veteran, his large family was the driving force of his life. He is survived by his wife of 62 years Susan Gilder Stimpson; his four children, John Stimpson and his wife Carolyn of Princeton, MA, Peg Gaillard and her husband Tom of Boston, MA, Ginny Vatcher and her husband Steve of Kennebunk, ME, Ted Stimpson and his wife Nicole of Weston, MA; and his thirteen grandchildren. Born on June 8, 1937, Wally graduated in 1955 from Noble & Greenough School in Dedham. He went on to attend Harvard College where he graduated Magna Cum Laude in 1959 with a degree in Mathematics, sang with the Harvard Glee Club and played on the Varsity Squash team when they won a National Championship. After graduation, he joined the Navy as an officer and was deployed on the destroyer leader, USS Norfolk. He attended Harvard Business School from 1962 to 1964 and soon after began his career in northern California with Kaiser Aluminum. In 1969 he returned to Massachusetts to help found the management consulting firm, Applied Decision Systems, which was eventually acquired by Mercer Management. He, Susie, the four kids and their little dog Timmy packed up the VW van and camped their way back across the country, where they settled in Wellesley. His most notable professional accomplishment was an innovative, computer-based, management decision game called WISE that was used by countless companies and business schools around the country including HBS and AT&T. Wally served on the board of trustees for Noble and Greenough School from 1983 to 1993 and most recently was President of the Naples Council on World Affairs. Wally was a two-term president of the Longwood Cricket Club and achieved a senior USTA amateur tennis ranking of 7th in New England. He later joined the United States Senior Golf Association and traveled the country with Susie collecting plates from countless USSGA tournaments. Wally loved the game of golf, became a rules official, had three holes-in-one and was particularly proud of his father's invention, the "Stimpmeter", which measures the speed of a green. He was a member of The Country Club in Brookline and Hole-in-the-Wall Golf Club in Naples. His lifelong love of music was a constant source of joy which he passed along to his children. He was an accomplished pianist, sang in the church choir in Wellesley and in Naples, and joined the Barbershop Quartet at North Hill with whom he sang as long as he was able. Wally fought bravely for the last several months until Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma got the better of him, but he never lost his warm smile and clever wit. His analytical, detail-oriented mind was sharp to the end, as was his devotion to Susie, his children and his grandchildren. His family is extraordinarily grateful to the doctors and nurses at MGH and the staff at North Hill for their loving care. A Memorial Service will be held at the Wellesley Village Church, 2 Central St. Wellesley, MA, on Friday, December 2, at 1:00PM, and will be available for live-streaming on their website, www.wellesleyvillagechurch.org. A reception will follow at The Country Club, in Brookline, MA. Online guestbook, at gfdoherty.com. George F. Doherty & Sons Wellesley 781-235-4100