Alvin W. Long, 77, a former president, chairman and chief executive officer for Chicago Title and Trust Co. in Chicago, died of kidney and heart disease Tuesday, Feb. 20, at Bethesda Memorial Hospital in Boynton Beach, Fla. While serving as a navigator in the Army Air Forces in World War II, Mr. Long was shot down during combat and spent 12 months as a POW in Germany before the camp was liberated by American forces commanded by Gen. George S. Patton. After returning home from the war, Mr. Long began working as a title examiner with Chicago Title and raising his family with his wife, Estelle “Kit,” in Homewood. During his 12 years as company president, the family lived on Lake Shore Drive in Chicago and returned to Homewood when Mr. Long retired in 1981. He and his wife moved seven years ago to Boynton Beach. Mr. Long, a graduate of John Marshall Law School in Chicago, served for many years as a board trustee and member of the Beta Sigma Phi Law Fraternity. He was a director of Bradner Central Co. in Chicago, one-time president of the American Land Title Association and board chairman of the Children Home and Aid Society of Illinois. He was an avid stamp collector who also loved to play golf and travel, said his wife of 57 years. Other survivors include a son, Roger; a daughter, Sherry Long McBain; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild. A memorial service was held Friday.
