Princeton Alumni Weekly: Memorials

Charles H. Baird '21

CUBBY BAIRD DIED in his sleep at a nursing home in Flourtown, Penn., Dec. 20, 1993, at the age of 93. He was born in Chelsea, N.J. Even though he was only with us for a...

William L. Barclay '21

WILLIAM LYTTLETON BARCLAY, a longtime resident of Rye, N.Y., died there Jan. 24, 1994. He was 94. At Princeton, he was a member of Quadrangle Club. After getting an...

Brandon Barringer '21

BRANDON BARRINGER died Sept. 23, 1991, after a long illness in Bryn Mawr, Penn. He was 92. He was born in Philadelphia and prepared for college at the Haverford...

Francis B. Bowman '21

THE CLASS lost one of its most loyal and hard working members Jan. 24,1992, when Francis B. Bowman, at 92, died in his longtime home in Somerville, N.J. He had been...

Alexander H. Brawner '21

Alexander H. Brawner died at this home in San Francisco, Calif., on Aug. 26, 1995, after a brief illness. He was 96. "Harry" was a third-generation Californian, and he...

John Mitchell Brush '21

JOHN MITCHELL BRUSH, M.D. died Sept. 5, 1991. He was 91. He had been in poor health for some time and died in a nursing home in Nazareth, Penn.He was born in Brooklyn,...

George King Churchill '21

GEORGE DIED at the age of 93 on July 12, 1989, at his summer home in Water Mill, N.Y. He was born in N.Y.C. and prepared for college at St. Pauls School, in Concord,...

A. Edward Conover '21

A. Edward Conover, an engineer and a poet, died Dec. 4, 1995, at the Friends Village home in Newtown, Penn., where he had been living since 1981.Ed maintained a lifelong...

Edwin M. Crabtree '21

EDWIN M. CRABTREE died Oct. 11, 1990. He was born in Chattanooga and prepared for college at Princeton Prep.He roomed with E, 11. Martin, and at the end of freshman year...

Richard M. Ehret '21

RICHARD M. EHRET died April 10, 1990, in Haverford, Penn. Born in Edgewater Park, NJ., he and St. Paul's Schools. At Princeton he was on the freshman baseball team and...

John Hewlett Fawcett '21

JOHN HEWLETT FAWCETT, a longtime resident of Berkeley, Calif., died Oct. 16, 1990, at the age of 9 1. He prepared for college at Donaldson School, where he was on die...

Claude Gortatowsky '21

Claude Gortatowsky died suddenly on Apr. 16, 1989, within one month of his 91st birthday. He transferred to Princeton after his junior year at UVA. Although he was only...

Charles Huston Haines '21

Charles Huston Haines died Mar. 20, 1996, in Roxborough, Pa., of the effects of a stroke. He was 97.Chas came to Princeton from Choate, was on the varsity crew, and a...

Irvine O. Hockaday '21

MIKE HOCKADAY, a native of Kansas City, died there Oct. 15, 1993. At Princeton, he was a member of Cap and Gown and manager of the track team.He was a stock broker and...

McClure Kelley '21

ON AUG. 11, 1993, our distinguished classmate McClure Kelley died at his home in Gladwyne, Penn., at the age of 95.After receiving a law degree in 1925, he embarked on a...

Edward Lawrence Keyes '21

LARRY KEYES died Feb. 11, 1990, at his home in St. Louis. He was 90 years old. In senior year he was voted "Best AllAround Man," which was prophetic of his entire...

Kenneth Hapton Klipstein '21 *24

KENNETH HAPTON KLIPSTEIN died June 14, 1991 atMeadow Lakes, Highstown, N.J. after a long bout with emphysema respiratory failure. He was a chemist, industrialist,...

Miner Carey Markham '21

MINER CAREY MARKHAM died it his home in Paris oil Oct. 12, 1991, six days after his 95th birthday. He was born in Ripley, N.Y. During WWI he served as a first lieutenant...

Watt Reynolds Matthews '21

Watt Matthews died Apr. 13, 1997, at Lambshead Ranch, his 45,000 acre West Texas spread. He was 98.At Princeton, Watt majored in economics, was a member of Whig Hall and...

John Dinsmore Mccaull '21

John Dinsmore McCaull, the last living member of the Class of '21, died on Sept. 29, 1997. He had been hospitalized 15 days for pneumonia in his hometown of Minneapolis,...

Robert W. Mclaughlin '21 *26

ROBERT W. McLAUGHLIN died on Nov. 30, 1989 after a brief illness. Born in Kalamazoo, Mich. in 1900, he prepared at Erasmus Hall and at Princeton was a member of Cloister...

Varnum C. Mead '21

VARNUM C. MEAD died Sept. 3, 1990, after a long illness. He was 92 years old. He was born and lived all his life in Massachusetts. He prepared at Lawrenceville. At...

Henry Allen Howard Morris '21

HENRY MORRIS died at the Pine Run nursing center, Doylestown, Penn., on Oct. 25, 1992, nine days after his 95th birthday."Ham" grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he...

Darwood Gillespie Myers '21

DARWOOD GILLESPIE MYERS died Dec. 3, 1990, less than three weeks before his 91st birthday.He was born in N.Y.C. and prepared for college at Collegiate and McBurney...

Thomas F. Paddock '21

Thomas Paddock died on July 7, 1989, at the age of ninety. A native of Detroit, he prepared for college at the Taft School. Tom and his brother Ben (who died in 1976)...

E. Ritzema Perry '21 *24

EDWARD RITZEMA PERRY died Feb. 6, 1994, in Stamford, Conn., at the age of 94, after a lengthy illness. He was a successful architect for many years, and established his...

Otto B. Reimer '21

Otto B. Reimer died July 24, 1995, in Scarsdale, N.Y., his home of many years.Otto was born Dec. 21, 1898, in N.Y.C. He attended the Polytecnic Country Day School in...

Thomas C. Roberts '21

Thomas C. Roberts was with his family when he died Dec. 8, 1995, at his Princeton home following a stroke. He was 96. He had been the Class of '21's "rugged...

William Rogers '21

WILLIAM ROGERS died in his sleep July 14, 1990, in Medford Lakes , NJ. He was born in Cheltenham, England, where he lived and prepared for college before moving to...

Arthur Stull '21

ARTHUR STULL DIED on July 7, 1991, of cardiac arrest. He was 92 years old. Born in Alderson, Penn., he prepared at Mercersburg Academy. At Princeton he was a member of...

Channing E Sweet '21

CHANNING FULLERTON SWEET, a rancher and livestock businessman, died in Colorado Springs Mar. 5, 1994. He was 95. At Princeton, he was a high jumper on the track team and...

Thomas Vanorden Urmy '21

THE CLASS LOST one of its distinguished physicians when Thomas VanOrden Jr., M.D., died Apr. 22, 1991, at the age of 91.A native of NJ., Tom prepped at Barringer High...

Allan Dudley Wilcox '21

ALLAN DIED in Albuquerque on Oct. 7, 1993, after a brief illness. He was 93.He lived in Bloomfield, N.J., during his college years. At Princeton, he roomed with E. W....

Current Issue

Nov. 19, 2008

Memorials by Class: 1921

CUBBY BAIRD DIED in his sleep at a nursing home in Flourtown, Penn., Dec. 20, 1993, at the age of 93. He was born in Chelsea, N.J. Even though he was only with us for a...

WILLIAM LYTTLETON BARCLAY, a longtime resident of Rye, N.Y., died there Jan. 24, 1994. He was 94. At Princeton, he was a member of Quadrangle Club. After getting an...

BRANDON BARRINGER died Sept. 23, 1991, after a long illness in Bryn Mawr, Penn. He was 92. He was born in Philadelphia and prepared for college at the Haverford...

THE CLASS lost one of its most loyal and hard working members Jan. 24,1992, when Francis B. Bowman, at 92, died in his longtime home in Somerville, N.J. He had been...

Alexander H. Brawner died at this home in San Francisco, Calif., on Aug. 26, 1995, after a brief illness. He was 96. "Harry" was a third-generation Californian, and he...

JOHN MITCHELL BRUSH, M.D. died Sept. 5, 1991. He was 91. He had been in poor health for some time and died in a nursing home in Nazareth, Penn.He was born in Brooklyn,...

GEORGE DIED at the age of 93 on July 12, 1989, at his summer home in Water Mill, N.Y. He was born in N.Y.C. and prepared for college at St. Pauls School, in Concord,...

A. Edward Conover, an engineer and a poet, died Dec. 4, 1995, at the Friends Village home in Newtown, Penn., where he had been living since 1981.Ed maintained a lifelong...

EDWIN M. CRABTREE died Oct. 11, 1990. He was born in Chattanooga and prepared for college at Princeton Prep.He roomed with E, 11. Martin, and at the end of freshman year...

RICHARD M. EHRET died April 10, 1990, in Haverford, Penn. Born in Edgewater Park, NJ., he and St. Paul's Schools. At Princeton he was on the freshman baseball team and...

JOHN HEWLETT FAWCETT, a longtime resident of Berkeley, Calif., died Oct. 16, 1990, at the age of 9 1. He prepared for college at Donaldson School, where he was on die...

Claude Gortatowsky died suddenly on Apr. 16, 1989, within one month of his 91st birthday. He transferred to Princeton after his junior year at UVA. Although he was only...

Charles Huston Haines died Mar. 20, 1996, in Roxborough, Pa., of the effects of a stroke. He was 97.Chas came to Princeton from Choate, was on the varsity crew, and a...

MIKE HOCKADAY, a native of Kansas City, died there Oct. 15, 1993. At Princeton, he was a member of Cap and Gown and manager of the track team.He was a stock broker and...

ON AUG. 11, 1993, our distinguished classmate McClure Kelley died at his home in Gladwyne, Penn., at the age of 95.After receiving a law degree in 1925, he embarked on a...

LARRY KEYES died Feb. 11, 1990, at his home in St. Louis. He was 90 years old. In senior year he was voted "Best AllAround Man," which was prophetic of his entire...

KENNETH HAPTON KLIPSTEIN died June 14, 1991 atMeadow Lakes, Highstown, N.J. after a long bout with emphysema respiratory failure. He was a chemist, industrialist,...

MINER CAREY MARKHAM died it his home in Paris oil Oct. 12, 1991, six days after his 95th birthday. He was born in Ripley, N.Y. During WWI he served as a first lieutenant...

Watt Matthews died Apr. 13, 1997, at Lambshead Ranch, his 45,000 acre West Texas spread. He was 98.At Princeton, Watt majored in economics, was a member of Whig Hall and...

John Dinsmore McCaull, the last living member of the Class of '21, died on Sept. 29, 1997. He had been hospitalized 15 days for pneumonia in his hometown of Minneapolis,...

ROBERT W. McLAUGHLIN died on Nov. 30, 1989 after a brief illness. Born in Kalamazoo, Mich. in 1900, he prepared at Erasmus Hall and at Princeton was a member of Cloister...

VARNUM C. MEAD died Sept. 3, 1990, after a long illness. He was 92 years old. He was born and lived all his life in Massachusetts. He prepared at Lawrenceville. At...

HENRY MORRIS died at the Pine Run nursing center, Doylestown, Penn., on Oct. 25, 1992, nine days after his 95th birthday."Ham" grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., where he...

DARWOOD GILLESPIE MYERS died Dec. 3, 1990, less than three weeks before his 91st birthday.He was born in N.Y.C. and prepared for college at Collegiate and McBurney...

Thomas Paddock died on July 7, 1989, at the age of ninety. A native of Detroit, he prepared for college at the Taft School. Tom and his brother Ben (who died in 1976)...

EDWARD RITZEMA PERRY died Feb. 6, 1994, in Stamford, Conn., at the age of 94, after a lengthy illness. He was a successful architect for many years, and established his...

Otto B. Reimer died July 24, 1995, in Scarsdale, N.Y., his home of many years.Otto was born Dec. 21, 1898, in N.Y.C. He attended the Polytecnic Country Day School in...

Thomas C. Roberts was with his family when he died Dec. 8, 1995, at his Princeton home following a stroke. He was 96. He had been the Class of '21's "rugged...

WILLIAM ROGERS died in his sleep July 14, 1990, in Medford Lakes , NJ. He was born in Cheltenham, England, where he lived and prepared for college before moving to...

ARTHUR STULL DIED on July 7, 1991, of cardiac arrest. He was 92 years old. Born in Alderson, Penn., he prepared at Mercersburg Academy. At Princeton he was a member of...

CHANNING FULLERTON SWEET, a rancher and livestock businessman, died in Colorado Springs Mar. 5, 1994. He was 95. At Princeton, he was a high jumper on the track team and...

THE CLASS LOST one of its distinguished physicians when Thomas VanOrden Jr., M.D., died Apr. 22, 1991, at the age of 91.A native of NJ., Tom prepped at Barringer High...

ALLAN DIED in Albuquerque on Oct. 7, 1993, after a brief illness. He was 93.He lived in Bloomfield, N.J., during his college years. At Princeton, he roomed with E. W....