William Scott Chambers, 92, of Plantation, FL, formerly of Princeton Junction, NJ and Philadelphia, PA, passed away on Saturday, February 8, 2014.

William graduated from the Pennsylvania Nautical School in 1941.  During World War II, he served as an officer in the United States Merchant Marine seeing service in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Mediterranean-Middle East war zones beginning as a Third Mate and rising to Master of the SS Charles J. Folger (Liberty Ship # 517).  After the end of World War II, he attended MIT graduating in 1950.  In 1950, he became Treasurer and Traffic Manager for the Cuban American Terminal Company in Havana, Cuba.  Later, he was the Operations Manager for the United Fruit Company in Havana.  In 1960, he took a position in New York as Operations Manager of the Amerind Shipping Company owned by the Hans Isbransen Company.  During the early years of the Vietnam War, he was General Manager for Ship and Terminal Operations for U.S. Bulk Carriers a position that required extensive foreign travel in support of the U.S. armed forces.  In 1967, he worked as a marine consultant for Coverdale and Colpitts spending a year in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  He returned to New York in 1970 as General Operations Manager of Amerind Container Services.  In 1971, he joined the Maritime Administration Eastern Region Headquarters in New York as a Ports and Inter-modal Development Officer.  Later, he became Director of the Maritime Administration South Atlantic Region in Norfolk, Virginia, a position that was responsible for the development of a 30 ship Ready Reserve Fleet that was used to transport equipment and supplies in support of the U.S. armed forces during the Gulf War.  He retired in 1992 after almost 22 years in the Maritime Administration.

He was a proud member of the Sons of the American Revolution, George Washington Chapter in Alexandria, Virginia and the MIT Alumni Association.  A complete biography is available from the Library of Congress Veterans History Project http://www.loc.gov/vets/ .

He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 41 years, Gloria Ann Freda Chambers and his brother, Thomas Wallace Chambers as well as his parents Henry Grafe Chambers and Mary Ann McCauley Chambers.

William was the loving father of Kathryn Chambers Torpey and her husband, Joseph, of Alexandria, VA and Cynthia Scott Chambers (formerly Rosenbaum) of Plantation, FL. and cherished grandfather of Allison Leigh Baker and husband, Jeff, of New York City, NY and Marissa Ann Rosenbaum of Plantation, FL. He is also survived by his devoted niece JoAnn Chambers Smith Skinner and husband, Robert, of Reston, VA, his brother-in-law, Eugene G. Freda of West Trenton, NJ and his sister-in-law, Florence Clark Chambers Smith of Millsboro, DE as well as a host of other relatives including cousins, nieces, and nephews.

A memorial gathering will be held on Saturday, March 22, 2014 from Noon until 1:00pm in the Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08542, with a service commencing at 1:00pm. Inurnment will be in the family plot at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ.