Born November 20, 1918 in Rochester, NY, Bart was the son of an Eastman Savings and Loan founder, Arthur Peck Bartholomew Sr., and a devout Quaker mother Abigail West Dawson. Bart was a bigger than life brother and fine tutor to his three younger sisters Adele Bartholomew Van De Mark, Janet Bartholomew, and Doris Noel Weick (Walter). Schoolwork came easily for Bart and he was accepted to the University of Michigan at the young age of sixteen. Quickly finding courses to his liking in the Business School, he began grading papers for William Andrew Paton who was later named Accountant of the Century by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Bart often said, "Bill's approach was never a rote teaching of accounting, he taught logic, reasoning and thinking." Knowledge of this "teaching style" coupled with a summer internship in the Detroit office of Ernst & Ernst, Bart was looking at a great career opportunity when suddenly World War II broke out.
Bart met the love of his life, Mary Elizabeth Meyer (Betty), while still in school at Michigan. She was living at the Gamma Phi Beta house that was just kitty corner to Bart's home at Phi Kappa Sigma. A mutual friend introduced them and following some fun Greek life football games, they were soon engaged. Bart and Betty were married October 4, 1941 in Grosse Pointe, MI, but within six months Bart joined the Army. His days at Ernst & Ernst fortunately won him a large mahogany desk at what was essentially an E & E office inside the Pentagon where he put his accounting skills to work for God and Country.
Following the War, Bart was seamlessly woven into the Detroit office of Ernst & Ernst and purchased a home in Grosse Pointe. Betty and Bart's four children, Susan Kathryn, Arthur Peck, III, James Mark, and Virginia Lee grew up in Grosse Pointe as Bart worked long hours to become one of the youngest ever Partners at E & E in 1956. In addition to coaching many Little League baseball teams, Bart was involved in several civic and charitable organizations. He served on the board of the Detroit League for the Handicapped, he was treasurer and board member of the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, elder and treasurer of the Grosse Pointe Memorial Church, treasurer and board member of the Grosse Pointe Yacht Club, treasurer of the Country Club of Detroit, treasurer of the Detroit Athletic Club and he headed the membership committee of the Greater Detroit Board of Commerce. He served on Michigan Governor George Romney's Task Force for Expenditure Management.
The family moved to Cleveland for one year, in 1965, and then to New York, (Greenwich, CT) where Bart became the Managing Partner of the Eastern District of Ernst & Ernst. Bart was called upon to introduce the concept of "Client Relations" to a firm now boasting over 100 offices. Accordingly Bart was elected President of the National Association of Accountants in 1974. He was instrumental in overseeing the transition of Ernst & Ernst to Ernst & Whinney and finally Ernst & Young. In the history of accounting, these were pivotal years as what had been "The Big Eight" fought for survival to become "The Big Four". Ernst & Young survived, and Bart retired in 1979.

During twenty years in Greenwich, the family often joked Bart never met a "Club" he didn't like. He served as President and/or Treasurer of the Greenwich Country Club, Indian Harbor Yacht Club, and The Wall Street Club in NYC. For his many years of dedicated service to the Boy Scouts of America, Bart received the prestigious Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope Awards. He was very active as Treasurer of The First Presbyterian Church in Greenwich where he became an Elder.
Upon retirement, Betty and Bart spent most of every year in Florida where they bought a home, again, near Bart's Clubs. Bart was either President and/or Treasurer of The Ocean Club of Florida, The Little Club, and Gulf Stream Golf Club. Bart used to say, "All these Clubs and our home are on A1A, as is my bank." Bart again became very active in the First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach where he served as a Ruling Elder and Treasurer. Bethesda Hospital Foundation is eternally grateful for Bart's contributions as a board member, Director and Treasurer.
One of Bart's proudest accomplishments was as a Charter Member of the Development Advisory Board at the University of Michigan where he brilliantly coordinated alumni relations with fund raising. Many times Bart would say, "Every bit of luck and good fortune in my life can be traced to the University of Michigan." Late in life, Bart endowed a scholarship fund to ensure that every year a deserving candidate would attend the Ross School of Business without expense. And he would add, "GO BLUE!!"
Betty predeceased Bart in 1992. His living relatives include his sister, Doris Noel Weick of Pittsford, NY; daughter Susan B. (Stephan E.) Hall of Birmingham, MI and her children Sedda Wuller (Gregory Wuller) and William Thomas Krebs II (Colleen McKinnie Krebs); son, Arthur Peck Bartholomew, III (Claudia Upton) of Los Angeles and his children, Brooke Bartholomew Crane (Bryan Carlisle), Arthur Peck Bartholomew, IV (Bo), Bridget O'Connor Bartholomew (Birdie); son, James Mark Bartholomew (Zena Hassan Bartholomew) of Pacific Palisades, CA, and their children Alexandra Nicole Bartholomew and Taylor Dawson Bartholomew; and daughter Virginia B. Keyser (William McHenry Keyser) of Charlotte, VT. He has three great-grandchildren Carlyle Belle Crane, Caroline Elizabeth Crane and Kearan Rye Wuller.

A Memorial Service will be held at First Presbyterian Church of Delray Beach, 33 Gleason Street, on Friday February 28 at 11 a.m. Details are available at www.boyntonmemorial.com. Donations in Bart's memory may be made to your local Boy Scout troop, The Bethesda Hospital Foundation, P. O. Box 243628, Boynton Beach, FL, 33424 or the Arthur P. Bartholomew, Jr. Family Endowed Undergraduate Scholarship Fund at The University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, 701 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1234.