Current Issue
Dec. 17, 2008
Vol. 109, No. 6
Memorials
Memorials by Class: 1945
Martin Shelby Ochs '45
Marty Ochs died Jan. 21, 2008. He entered Princeton from Baylor Prep in Chattanooga, Tenn., and joined Tower Club. His Princeton career was...
John Abbotts '45
John Abbotts died suddenly Feb. 10, 2010. John entered Princeton from Trenton High School, following in the footsteps of his father, William 1911, and preceding his...
David Van Pelt Acaster '45
Dave Acaster died April 23, 2007, at his home in Saddle River, N.J., surrounded by his loving family after losing a struggle with cancer. Dave was an active classmate...
Henry Aaron Alexander Jr. '45
Alex died July 6, 2005. He entered Princeton with a large contingent from Lawrenceville and as a resident of Atlanta, Ga. At Princeton he joined Campus Club, and was a...
John Deaver Alexander '45
Deaver died in San Antonio on July 10, 2001, after a long illness.He entered Princeton St. George's, joined Colonial Club, and in 1947 received a medical degree...
Arthur Aloysius Appert Jr. '45
Art Appert died June 17, 2002, but the class did not learn of his death until this year. Art entered Princeton from Canterbury School and joined Dial Lodge. His military...
Shreve Maclaren Archer Jr. '45
Bud died Jan. 9, 2004, at his home in Paradise Valley, Ariz.Bud entered Princeton from Exeter and joined Elm Club. He captained the gym team. His Princeton education...
Laurance Hearne Armour Jr. '45
Larry died at his home in Pierce, Texas, Feb. 17, 2004.Larry entered Princeton from Hotchkiss, and joined Triangle, Whig-Clio, and Charter Club. His Princeton education...
George Alexander Armstrong Jr. '45
George Armstrong died March 27, 2008. George entered Princeton from Exeter, following his father George Armstrong 1909, and joined Key and Seal. His Princeton career...
William Ayres Arrowsmith '45
BILL ARROWSMITH died Feb. 20, 1992, at his home in Brookline, Mass. Bill entered Princeton from the Hill School, as a third generation Princetonian, after his...
Rea Kirklin Ashley '45
Kirk Ashley died July 21, 1996, of heart failure in his native San Francisco. Kirk entered Princeton with the large Lawrenceville contingent and lived in Hill Dorm....
George Mercer Atkinson '45
Bud Atkinson died Jan. 5, 2008, in Florida. He entered Princeton from the Peddie School and joined Terrace Club. He performed with Theatre Intime, and in addition to...
Philip Livingston Azoy '45
Phil died March 29, 2004, at his home in Chatham, N.J., after a long illness.He entered Princeton from Columbia High, the son of Anatasio Azoy '14, and the third of five...
Thomas Patton Baird '45 *50
WHEN TOM BAIRD died of a sudden heart attack in Hartford, Conn., Mar. 28, 1990, the Class lost a member whose abilities, like his friendships, covered an exceptionally...
Newcombe Chandler Baker Jr. '45
NEWT BAKER died Oct. 16, 1992, at Abington Memorial Hospital at the age of 70. Newt, who entered Princeton from St. Paul's, was the greatgrandson of John Fairfield...
Robert Gamble Baldwin '45
Gamble died Dec. 19, 2003, exactly 59 years after his actions during a raid over Germany earned him a recommendation for the Distinguished Flying Cross.He entered...
Donald Lindsey Ballantyne Jr. '45
Don died July 8, 2006. He prepared for Princeton at Canterbury, joined Key and Seal Club, and graduated in February 1945 with a degree in chemistry. Don then received a...
Edward Lambert Barbour Jr. '45
Ed died April 4, 2005.Ed, a resident of Blue Hill, Maine, entered Princeton with the large contingent from Exeter. His Princeton career terminated at the end of his...
Kenneth Barnhart II '45
The class suffered a significant loss when our president, Kenneth Barnhart II, died July 26, 2008, after a courageous battle with cancer. After graduating from Kent,...
Rufus Barringer '45
Rufe died Nov. 17, 2002, after a courageous battle with a chondrosarcoma.Rufe graduated from Episcopal High in Alexandria, Va., and followed his brother Minor '42 to...
Walter Bastedo Jr. '45 *47
Walter died Apr. 6, 1998, of a heart attack at home in Hendersonville, N.C. He was 75. He was born and schooled in Princeton. He graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta...
Reynolds Wait Bell '45
Nick Bell died Feb. 7, 1997, at home after a long illness. Nick prepared at Hill School, following his father, John A. Bell Jr. '08, his brother, John A. III '41,...
James Francis Bell III '45
JIM BELL died Nov. 24, 1990, at his home in Antigua, Guatemala, where he is buried. Although Jim was with us for only our first year, his affection for Princeton over...
Andrew D. Berkey II '45
Andy Berkey died April 6, 2011, at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. Andy entered Princeton from the Latin School of Chicago and joined Cottage Club. His Princeton...
William Denison Bickham Jr. '45
Bill Bickham died Sept. 5, 1996, of a heart attack in Calgary, Alberta.Bill entered Princeton from Hackley, following grandfather D.D. Bickham 1886, and father W.D....
Charles Elliott Blackford III '45
Charlie died May 4, 2005, after an extended struggle with emphysema.Charlie entered Princeton from Deerfield Academy and stayed with us for a very short time, leaving to...
Melville Church Blair '45
Mel Blair died Jan. 11, 2009. Mel prepared for Princeton at St. Paul’s, following in the footsteps of his father, Lawrence 1912, and preceding his brother, Lawrence...
Philip Strubing Blatz '45 *48
Bing died Jan. 14, 2008, at his country house in Wilmington, Del. Bing prepared for Princeton at Tower Hill School and joined Cloister Inn. During the war he served...
William Franklin Bohlen '45
Buzz Bohlen died Jan. 14, 2006.Buzz prepared for Princeton at St. Paul's, following his father, Francis '17, and brother Francis III '43. He joined Ivy Club and...
Jack Douglas Boice '45
Jack Douglas Boice died peacefully June 7, 2008, home in New Haven, Conn., surrounded by his family. Jack grew up in Plainfield, N.J., and prepared for Princeton...
William Silvers Borden Jr. '45
Bill died Sept. 29, 2004, at the University Medical Center at Princeton.Son of William S. Borden '15 and brother of Walter I. Borden '50, he entered Princeton from Blair...
Charles Richard Bowers '45
Dick Bowers died June 28, 2008. He entered Princeton from Frederick (Md.) High School and joined Cannon Club. Dick served in the Navy from 1943 to 1945. He received a...
Albert Frankland Brandt '45
COL. FRANK BRANDT died Jan. 3, 1990. Service and burial were at Arlington Cemetery. Frank entered Princeton from Trenton, his family home. One of Princeton's many field...
Alexander Harrison Brawner Jr. '45
Harry Brawner died June 27, 2005. He entered Princeton from the Menlo School in California, following his father, A. Harry Brawner 1921, and preceding his brother,...
Chandler Rittenhouse Brewer '45
Chan died March 10, 2004, in Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center after an extended and courageous battle with prostate cancer.Chan entered Princeton from The Hill...
George Adamson Broadbent '45
George Broadbent died March 14, 2004.George entered Princeton from St. Andrew's and joined Elm Club. His Princeton career was interrupted by service as a field artillery...
Frank E. Brumback '45
Frank Brumback, known to us as Buck, died Nov. 20, 2011. He entered Princeton from Mercersburg Academy and joined Terrace Club. In 1943 he married Mary Yeager, his...
E. Bayley Buchanan '45
Bayley Buchanan died April 23, 2011. A Pittsburgh native, he attended Shady Side Academy and Deerfield Academy, and entered Princeton following in the footsteps of his...
Joseph C. Buck '45
Joe Buck died Nov. 19, 2012, in his home in Elmira, N.Y. He entered Princeton from Millbrook School, following in the footsteps of his father, Joseph W. Buck 1913,...
Frederick John Burghard Jr. '45
Fred died Dec. 29, 2003, in Naples, Fla., where he had lived since 1980.Fred prepared for Princeton at Choate. He was stroke and captain of the freshman 150-pound crew,...
Charles Ralph Burke '45
Charlie Burke died Feb. 15, 2010. Charlie entered Princeton from Richmond Hill High School in Kew Gardens, N.Y., and joined Cannon Club. He was president of the...
John Grant Burnett '45
JOHN BURNETT died in New York Hospital Oct. 24, 1991, from a heart attack. John entered Princeton from his Milwaukee home and, before departing for service with the...
Arthur C. Burns '45
Arthur "Rip" Burns died in New Hampshire Mar. 26, 1995, of complications from cancer of the esophagus. Mercifully, the course of the cancer was rapid and his days of...
Melville Alfred Burrows (Blun) '45
Mel died May 26, 2007. He entered Princeton from Scarsdale (N.Y.) High School, following in the footsteps of his father, F. Melville Blun 1909. He joined Tiger Inn and...
Donald Edward Byrne '45
Don Byrne, who had just attended our 44th reunion, died on June 14 after a brief illness.Don entered Princeton from Great Neck (New York) High School, excelled in...
William Lamont Calvert '45
Bill Calvert died Feb. 12, 2009. He entered Princeton from Southside High School in Rockville Centre, N.Y., following in the footsteps of his brother, Leonard ’41. At...
Leyton Elwin Carter Jr. '45
LEYTON CARTER died Feb. 6, 1993. Born in Cleveland, Leyton entered Princeton from Western Reserve, joined Canon Club, and received a degree in economics. After WWII...
Robert Zent Chew Jr. '45
Bob died on June 2, 2000, of respiratory failure in Orlando. Bob entered Princeton from New Trier High in Winnetka, Ill., joined Cannon Club, became capt. of the golf...
William Anderton Chisolm '45
Bill "Chis" Chisolm died Apr. 24, 1998, in NYC after a brief illness. Bill prepared at Millbrook School. His Princeton career was interrupted in 1943 for service with...
Phinehas Louis Walter Chrystie '45
Phin died June 5, 2002, in Plantation, Fla., of cancer. He entered Princeton from Darrow and was with us for only a year, departing early to enlist in the Army Air...
Robert Henderson Clarke '45
Bing died Jan. 14, 2008, at his country house in Wilmington, Del. Bing prepared for Princeton at Tower Hill School and joined Cloister Inn. During the war he served...
Robert Henderson Clarke '45
Bob Clarke died Aug. 9, 2001, with the loss reported to Princeton this year. Bob entered Princeton from Mount Lebanon (Pa.) High, and joined Dial Lodge. He received a...
Frank Sherman Clowney Jr. '45
Frank Clowney died Jan. 1, 1998, at Alvarado Hospital Medical Center in San Diego. Frank suffered from poor health in recent years and was forced to miss his 50th...
Tristram Coffin Colket '45
TRIS COLKET died Sept. 20, 1991, of cancer. Tris entered Princeton from the Pomfret School and was with us only briefly before serving with distinction as a paratrooper...
Grellet Collins '45
BRUD COLLINS died Nov. 15, 1991, of heart failure, towhich a longterm diabetic condition contributed.Brud entered Princeton from Scarsdale (NY.) High School, the son of...
G. Robert Compton Jr. '45
Bob Compton died Feb. 3, 1996 at Morristown [N.J.] Memorial Hospital, following a two-year battle with cancer and clinical depression. He was 71.Bob entered Princeton...
George Arthur Congdon Jr. '45
George Congdon died March 10, 2008, after a long and courageous struggle with congestive heart failure. He entered Princeton from Richmond Hill High School in the New...
Neil Landis Conver '45
Neil Conver died in Lansdale, Pa., July 25, 2002, of a massive stroke.Neil, the son of Samuel D. Conver '07, entered Princeton from Haverford School, and joined Tower...
Lester Markham Conway '45
Lester Conway died April 12, 2006. He entered Princeton from Sewickley (Pa.) High School, and through acceleration, received a degree in chemistry in 1944. He then...
Morris Dawes Cooke '45
Morris Cooke died Apr. 22, 1999, at home in Beaufort, S.C. He entered Princeton from St. Paul's School, the son of George Johnes Cooke '01 and the brother of James '30....
Hector C. Cowan '45
HECTOR DIED Nov. 2, 1990, after a long illness, in Sarasota, Fla., where he was active in the Unitarian Church, the Princeton Club, and the Ivy League Alumni Club.He...
James Brown Craig Jr. '45
Jim Craig died Dec. 17, 1996, at Sharon, Conn., following a brief illness. He was 76.Jim entered Princeton from Mercersburg Academy after a year at Penn State. His...
Edward M. Crane Jr. '45
Ted Crane died Nov. 6, 2011. He entered Princeton from Lawrenceville, following his father Frederick 1918, and joined Cottage Club. His Princeton studies were...
Joseph Crossley '45
Joe died Aug. 7, 2004, after a long battle with cancer.Joe was the grandson and namesake of the founder of the Crossley Machine Co. in Trenton, N.J., and son of the...
Edward Aloysius Cudahy III '45
Ed Cudahy died Nov. 4, 2006, at age 84. Ed entered Princeton from Canterbury School and left Princeton to serve in the U.S. Maritime Service and the Navy from 1942 to...
Julian Ormond Cumberland '45
Julian Cumberland died May 16, 2007. Julian entered Princeton with the large group from Lawrenceville. After college he joined Aramco’s operation in...
Gardner R. Cunningham '45
Gardner Cunningham died on May 15, 2001, at a nursing home in Doylestown, Pa., with his family at his side. He suffered a stroke six years before, and his health...
Claude Hunter Davis Jr. '45
Claude Davis died March 24, 2004.He entered Princeton from Andover and joined Quadrangle Club. He received a degree in economics magna cum laude in 1945. Claude was in...
James Edgar Dean '45
Jim died Jan. 5, 2001, after a long illness.Jim entered Princeton with the large contingent from Lawrenceville and joined Cap and Gown. He left Princeton for WWII...
William Schoonover Decker II '45
Bill died Aug. 9, 2007. Bill prepared for Princeton at Montclair Academy in New Jersey. He joined Dial Lodge, but also joined the V-12 program and was commissioned in...
Robert Pollard Dilks '45
"Bud" died Dec. 5, 1999. Bud entered Princeton as a resident of the town, having prepared at the Hun School. At Princeton he joined Cannon Club and was a member of the...
David Stuart Dodge '45 *49
On Jan. 20, 2009, Princeton and our class suffered a grievous loss with the death of David Dodge. Raised in Beirut, Lebanon, David entered Princeton from Deerfield....
Charles Lum Drake '45
On July 8, 1997, the class lost a distinguished member when Prof. Charles L. Drake died of a heart attack at his home in Norwich, Vt. Chuck entered Princeton from...
DON Durgin '45
Don Durgin died Dec. 26, 2003, from a brain aneurysm.He prepared for Princeton at Hotchkiss and was one of our most illustrious classmates in his profession of media...
Robert Edwards '45
Bob Edwards died March 20, 2009, at his home in Hobe Sound, Fla., after a difficult struggle with lung cancer. Bob entered Princeton from the Brunswick School in...
William Janvier Eiman '45
Bill Eiman died Nov. 26, 1998, after battling cancer, at his home in Philadelphia.Bill prepared at Haverford, was a member of Colonial Club, rowed on the freshman...
Robert Miller Ellis '45
Bob Ellis died Sept. 12, 2006, in Traverse City, Mich. Bob entered Princeton from New Trier High School in Winnetka, Ill., where he was a classmate of Charlton Heston....
Francis M. Ellis '45
PEPPER ELLIS DIM Dec. 2, 1993, of a heart attack at his home in N.Y.C. A very moving "Service of Thanksgiving" for Pepper's life was held at the Friends Meeting House at...
Thomas Ennenga '45
Tom died June 20, 2004, from complications of pneumonia in Freeport, Ill., his lifetime hometown.Tom entered Princeton from Lawrenceville, son of Oscar Ennenga '14. In...
Fred S. Ensley Jr. '45
Fred Endsley died April 9, 2011 in Naples, Fla., after a struggle with Parkinson’s disease. Fred entered Princeton from Western Military Academy and joined Quadrangle....
William Mccray Evans '45
BILL EVANS died Jan. 22, 1991, at his home in Indianapolis, after a long and courageous battle with lymphatic cancer, Bill was a lifelong resident of Indianapolis and a...
John Thomas Everett Jr. '45
John Everett died March 15, 2008. John entered Princeton from Baylor Military Academy in Memphis, just ahead of his brother, William ’46, and joined Terrace Club. His...
Leo Joshua Falk Jr. '45
Leo Falk died July 20, 2008. Leo entered Princeton from Boise (Idaho) High School and joined Elm Club. He was with us for a very short time and then enlisted in the...
John Gallagher Farley '45
John died March 27, 2006. He entered Princeton from Birmingham University School, following in the footsteps of his father, John Sr. 1908. He was a member of Court...
Samuel C. Farmer III '45
Sam Farmer died peacefully Feb. 25, 2010, surrounded by his family in Richmond, Va. Sam entered Princeton from Exeter, preceding his brother John ’47. He played...
Paul Fieldhouse Fenton Jr. '45
Paul Fenton died Sept. 28, 2008. Paul entered Princeton from the Hun School, following in the footsteps of his father, Paul Sr. ’20, and his grandfather, John 1888. He...
Haugan Weld Figgis '45
Haugan Weld Figgis died Apr. 26, 1995, at Leelanau Memorial Hospital Care Center in Michigan, after a battle with cancer.Fig, after enrolling in M.I.T., transferred to...
Chester A. Files Jr. '45
The class lost another of its officers when Chet Files died Jan. 8, 2013. Chet entered Princeton from Providence Country Day and joined Terrace Club. His Princeton...
Henry George Fischer '45
Henry died Jan. 11, 2006, in Newtown, Pa. He was 82.After majoring in English, graduating magna cum laude, and publishing a volume of poetry with classmates, he taught...
John Jacob Fisher '45
Dr. John J. Fisher died May 20, 1995, in Jacksonville, Fla., after a courageous battle with cancer. Jack entered Princeton from Shadyside Academy in Pittsburgh, but his...
John Flanigan '45
John Flanigan died Feb. 27, 2008. John came to our class following in the footsteps of his brother, Peter ’45, after spending his first year at MIT. John joined Cap...
Benjamin Pierson Ford III '45
Ben died Sept. 26, 2009, after a long illness. Ben prepared for Princeton at the Hoosac School in Hoosick, N.Y., and joined Cloister Inn. His Princeton education was...
Charles Morris Forsyth '45
Charles Forsyth died in his sleep, July 15, 1997, of cardiac failure. He was 74.Charlie was born in Dayton, Ohio. He graduated from Webster Groves [Mo.] H.S. before...
James Alexander Fowler III '45
Jim died July 19, 2003, of a massive cerebral hemorrhage.Jim prepared for Princeton at Milton. He joined Key and Seal and Whig-Clio. He received a degree in electrical...
David D. Frank '45
David Frank died Nov. 28, 2011, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Dave entered Princeton from Kingswood School in West Hartford, Conn., following in the...
George Corning Fraser III '45
GEORGE CORNING FRASER III ’45 George Corning Fraser III died Feb. 8, 2006, in Abilene, Texas. Though ill, he was alert and active when he lost consciousness at home...
Charles H. Froeb '45
Charlie died Nov. 8, 2006. He entered Princeton from Choate, following his brother, Cornelius '40, and ahead of another brother, Herman '46. He participated in...
Warren Graves Fugitt '45
Warren died June 3, 2005. He entered Princeton from Valley Forge Military Academy and joined Key and Seal. His Princeton career was interrupted when he volunteered...
John O. Fullerton '45
Toby Fullerton died in Jan. 1993 in Ft. Erie, Ontario, his home for many years, following a prolonged bout with cancer.Recognized as one of western Pennsylvania's top...
Abram Paul Funkhouser '45
Paul died on July 19, 2000, after battling Alzheimer's disease. Paul entered Princeton from Woodberry Forest. He served in the Army Chemical Warfare Service. Paul...
Charles L. Galey '45
Chick died Feb. 3, 2010. He prepared for Princeton at Hotchkiss, following in the footsteps of his brother, William ’38. At Princeton he joined the Student World...
William F. Gallagher IV '45
Bill Gallagher died Nov. 15, 2010, at his home on Saranac Lake, N.Y. Bill entered Princeton from Ravena (N.Y.) High School, preceding his brother, Robert ’49. Bill...
Edson I. Gaylord '45
Edson Gaylord died on Apr. 3, 2000, in Scottsdale after a struggle with liver cancer. Edson entered Princeton from Exeter and was a member of Tiger Inn.As a capt. of...
Francis Eugene Gilbertson '45
Frank died Aug. 10, 2005.Frank prepared for Princeton at Columbia High in South Orange, N.J., and, along with roommates Rudy Eberstadt, Breck Stringer, and Monte Van...
William Fulton Good '45
Bill Good died Mar. 20, 2003, in Wilmington [Del.] Hospital.Bill was born in Quebec City, the son of William Pelton Good '10. Although the family moved to New Jersey...
Walter Walls Goodwin '45
Walt Goodwin died Feb. 3, 2010. Walt entered Princeton from Swarthmore (Pa.) High School, following in the footsteps of his father, Daniel 1914, and was one of the...
John Dickason Gould Jr. '45
JOHN GOULD died Mar 31, 1991, after a long and courageous battle with brain and lung cancer. A lifelong resident of Indianapolis, he came to Princeton from that city,...
Garth K. Graham '45
Garth Graham died March 24, 2011. Garth entered Princeton from York Community High School in Illinois and joined Key and Seal. In 1944 he received his bachelor’s degree...
Benjamin Kelly Graves '45
Ben Graves died May 20, 1997, at the Surry Community Nursing Center in Mt. Airy, N.C.Ben entered Princeton from Woodberry Forest Academy and from Mt. Airy, where his...
Robert T. Graveson '45 *48
Bob Graveson died Nov. 19, 2009. He entered Princeton from White Plains (N.Y.) High School, and joined Campus Club. His Princeton studies were interrupted by service...
Paul Townsend Griffin '45
Griff died Aug. 20, 2007, in New York City. He entered Princeton from Lawrenceville, roomed with Frank Schaffer, joined Cloister Inn, and graduated in 1947. He was an...
Lawrence Alan Haines '45
Al Haines died in a retreat home in Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 5, 2003, after an extended struggle with emphysema.Al entered Princeton with the large group from Exeter, the...
Charles Stearns Hall '45
Charles Hall died Nov. 25, 2007. Charlie entered Princeton from Mount Hermon and joined Campus Club. Accelerating his studies at Princeton, he...
Joseph Glenn Hall '45
Joe died May 17, 2005.Joe entered Princeton from Walnut Hills High in Cincinnati, followed by his brother William B. Hall '47. He joined Dial Lodge and was on the...
Richard Bothwell Hamilton '45
DICK HAMIUION died Apr. 23, 1989, at which time he resided in Eatontown, N.J. Dick entered Princeton from his hometown of East Orange, N.J., in 1941. He enlisted in the...
Frederick Gnichtel Hammitt '45
Fred Hammitt died on June 29,1989, at the Jersey Shore Medical Center, in Neptune, N.J. Fred spent his distin¬guished career at the Univ. of Michigan, but after he...
George Alan Harben (Leamy) '45
George Harben, whom we knew as George Leamy during our undergraduate years, died peacefully in his sleep April 17, 2007, at his New York City home after a long illness....
Wayne E. Harding Jr. '45
Wayne Harding died Feb. 14, 2012. He entered Princeton from Exeter and joined Tiger Inn. Wayne captained the football team, was president of the class, and received...
Henry Hiter Harris Jr. '45
Hiter Harris died July 4, 1998, in Richmond, Va., where he had lived for all of his life. Hiter prepared at Woodberry Forest and at Princeton was president of Tower...
Thomas Buchan Hartmann '45
On Nov. 7, 2007, the class lost one of its stalwarts with the death of Tom Hartmann. Tom entered Princeton from Andover, played freshman and varsity football, and joined...
Robert Everett Hastings '45
Bob Hastings died Oct. 22, 1996, of congestive heart failure in the hospital in Arlington, Va. He was 73. Bob entered Princeton from Roosevelt H.S. in the Crestwood...
Frederick Oreilly Hayes '45
Fred died June 30, 2002. He was a resident of Utica, N.Y. He entered Princeton from Utica Free Academy and remained only a year, transferring to Hamilton College near...
John S. Hegeman '45
Dr. John S. Hegeman died Mar. 3, 1998, in Bradenton, Fla., from complications associated with Parkinson's disease. John entered Princeton with the large contingent from...
Lee Robinson Hill '45
Lee Hill died Apr. 1, 2002. He entered Princeton with the large contingent from Exeter, ahead of his brothers, Eugene D. Hill '47 and W. Speed Hill '57.At Princeton, Lee...
Lejaren A. Hiller Jr. '45 *47
WHEN JERRY HILLER PASSED away Jan. 26, 1994, the class lost probably its most unique member. Jerry entered Princeton from N.Y.C. and was in Key and Seal. He majored in...
Harry Talbott Hilliard '45
TOBY HILLIARD died July 22, 1993, at his home in Healdsburg, Calif., after a courageous struggle against a malignant brain tumor.Toby prepared at Shady Side School and...
Carroll A. Hochwalt Jr. '45
Ted Hochwalt died Nov. 4, 2008. He entered Princeton from Oakwood High School in Dayton, Ohio, and received his Princeton degree in chemical engineering in 1944. He...
J. William Hubbard '45
Bill Hubbard died in Charleston, W.Va., his lifelong home, on May 4, 1989, a victim of cancer.Bill entered Princeton from Lawrenceville and roomed with Bob Westaway and...
Nelson E. Hubbell Jr. '45
Nelson Hubbell died Aug. 21, 2010, at the Cypress Cove retirement community in Fort Myers, Fla. He entered Princeton from Lawrenceville, following in the footsteps of...
William Joseph Hudson Jr. '45
Bill Hudson died Aug. 27, 2008, in West Palm Beach, Fla., after an extended struggle with diabetes and cardiac problems. Bill entered Princeton from Gilman School in...
Edward William Hughes Jr. '45
Bill died Aug. 26, 2005, at Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland, Miss.Bill entered Princeton from Woodberry Forest and joined Campus Club. His education was interrupted by...
Reeves Hughes Jr. '45
Reeves died Sept. 29, 2004.Reeves entered Princeton from Williams High Germantown, Tenn. He joined Charter Club but his Princeton studies were terminated by service...
Blackburn Hughes Jr. '45
BLACKIE HUGHES died suddenly on Apr. 20, 1993, at the age of 70 in his beloved Charleston, S.C. Born in that city, Blackie entered Princeton from Kent, played on the...
Theodore Daniel Hughes '45
TED HUGHES died Feb. 2, 1990, in Seattle, where he had lived his entire life. Ted lost touch with the Class, but his cousin, Mrs. George J. Morry, advises that Ted was...
David Carew Huntington '45
DAVE HUNTINGTON died suddenly of heart failure at his Ann Arbor home Sept. 29, 1990. Professor of art history at the Univ. of Michigan for the past 24 years, Dave had...
Edgar A. Igleheart Jr. '45
Edgar Igleheart died Nov. 8, 2009. He entered Princeton from Choate, joined Cottage Club, and was captain of the varsity polo team. His Princeton studies were...
Lon F. Israel Jr. '45
Lon Israel died May 19, 2011. Lon entered Princeton from Kirkwood (Mo.) High School, where he had been class valedictorian. At Princeton, he joined Colonial Club and...
William Mindred Johnson II '45
Bill died Dec. 7, 1998. He was a resident of Albuquerque. Bill entered Princeton from Hotchkiss, son of George W. Johnson 1898. Bill served as an officer in the 15th Air...
John Martin Johnston '45
Jack Johnston died Sept. 25, 2003.Jack prepared at Poly Prep and joined Cannon Club at Princeton. His studies were interrupted by distinguished and courageous service in...
Arthur Carroll Jones Jr. '45
ARTHUR CARROLL JONES JR. died May 23, 1990. A progressive spinal stenosis was ultimately unresponsive to surgery. Casey entered Princeton from the Friends School in...
John W. Kearns '45
Jack Kearns died March 26, 2011, in Naples, Fla. He entered Princeton from Washington High School in Milwaukee. Fittingly, as a member of the University golf team, he...
James Joseph Kerrigan Jr. '45
Jim died Dec. 21, 2005.Jim was a stalwart leader of the class in the Naples, Fla., area. He prepared for Princeton at Canterbury, preceding his brother, Richard '49. Jim...
John C. Kinder '45
The class lost a blithe spirit March 8, 2012, when John died at the age of 88. John was a graduate of Gilman School, where he was a state champion wrestler. At...
William Mcdougall Kite '45
Bill Kite died Aug. 28, 1999, at Christ Hospital in his hometown of Cincinnati after courageously battling health problems for several years.Bill entered Princeton from...
Henry Blackstone Kreer '45
Pete died on July 15, 2001, at his home in Glenview, Ill.He entered Princeton from New Trier HS, following his brother Daniel P. '41. Pete's Princeton career was...
Mario Joseph Lacazette '45
MARIO LACAZETTE cited in Lexington, Ky., Aug. 10, 1991 from complications of a longstanding heart condition. Lac entered Princeton from Exeter, following in the...
Richard Henry Lake Jr. '45
Hank Lake died in Houston, Tex., after a long bout with cancer, on Feb. 11, 1995, unfortunately slightly more than three months before the 50th reunion of his class. He...
William Branson Lambert '45
Bill Lambert died Jan. 7, 2009, at his home in Naples, Fla. He entered Princeton from Oakwood High in Dayton, Ohio. At Princeton he played football and joined Cap and...
Henry M. Lamberton III '45
Harry Lamberton died April 14, 2011. Harry attended Lawrenceville and was the third generation of his family to graduate from Princeton, following in the footsteps of...
John Duncan Law '45
John Law died on June 2, 2002, in a nursing home in Greenwich, Conn., of Alzheimer's. John entered Princeton from Pawling School, became president of Campus Club, and...
James S. Lester '45 *48
Jim Lester died May 17, 2011. Jim was a “dyed-in-the-wool” alumnus of Williams and received a bachelor’s degree from that institution in 1947. According to Princeton ...
Norman Wadsworth Ley '45
Norm Ley died Feb. 25, 2008. Norm entered Princeton from Westfield (N.J.) High School. His Princeton career was interrupted for service with the Navy V-12 program at...
Tremper Longman Jr. '45
Tremp died Nov. 22, 2006. Tremp prepared for Princeton at Exeter. At Princeton he was captain of the squash team and a member of Tiger Inn and the Right-Wing Club. His...
Malcolm Branson Lowe Jr. '45
Mac died Feb. 26, 2004, following an extended and courageous battle against progressive supranuclear palsy. Classmates who shared eight days with Mac on an arduous...
Raymond Westervelt Lozier Jr. '45
Ray died Jan. 18, 2004, at the Sugar Hill Retirement Community in Wolfboro, N.H., where he lived the last years of his life.Ray prepared for Princeton at Bogota [N.J.]...
John Patrick Lyons '45
John Lyons died in Florida, surrounded by family members, Feb. 27, 1997. He was 76.John grew up in a traditionally Irish environment in Newark, N.J., and prepared at...
Murdock Donald Macinnis '45 *50
Don died April 20, 2003.Don entered Princeton from Lincoln School in New York, joined Key and Seal, and was famed among our classmates for his musical contributions to...
Charles Hamilton Maddox Jr. '45
Charlie Maddox died Sept. 12, 2008. Charlie entered Princeton from Choate and joined Colonial Club. He left college for service with the Navy aboard the U.S.S. Sims, a...
William Manning Malloy '45
Bill Malloy died Nov. 4, 2000, at his home in Cheraw, S.C. "Duke" entered Princeton from Woodberry Forrest, having resided in Cheraw all of his life. At Princeton he...
David Samuel Marshall '45
The Rev. Dave Marshall died Nov. 29, 2002.Dave entered Princeton from Shadyside Academy. He was a stalwart on three varsity teams: football, basketball, and baseball....
James Bemis Ward Marshutz '45
Jim died of cancer on Jan. 12, 1989, in N.Y.C.Jim entered Princeton from St. Louis Country Day, along with Charlie Allen, Bud Jolley, Bill Love, Lou Ochs, and Spencer...
Robert Matter Jr. '45
Bob died in Naples, Fla., on June 15, 2001, of complications following vascular surgery. Bob entered Princeton from Exeter from a family of many Princetonians, including...
Henry Christian Mayer IV '45
HARRY MAYER died Mar. 17, 1991. Although born in Jamestown, R.I., fie was for almost all of his life a resident of Haverford, Penn. Harry entered Princeton from...
John Sanford Mcandrew '45
John "Mellow Mac" McAndrew died Dec. 17, 1997, at Prince William Hospital in Manassas, Va., after an operation for colon cancer. He survived the operation, but he had...
Harrison Byington McCawley Jr. '45
Harrison McCawley died March 8, 2008. Mac entered Princeton from Valley Forge (Pa.) Military Academy and joined Dial Lodge. His Princeton career was interrupted by...
John P. Mccomb Jr. '45
JOHN MCCOMB died from a stroke on Mar. 1, 1992, at his retirement home in Englewood, Fla. A lifelong resident of Pittsburgh, he was a most respected attorney and civic...
William Frank McCombs '45 *47
Bill died Oct. 8, 2006, in Dallas, Texas. Bill entered Princeton from Little Rock (Ark.) High School and joined Tower Club. His World War II service was as a gunnery...
Gerald Edward McConney '45
Gerry McConney died April 7, 2008. He entered Princeton from Upper Canada College in Toronto, and joined Dial Lodge. During World War II, Gerry saw combat in France,...
James Jett Mccormick '45
Jett McCormick died on Dec. 1, 2000, at his home in San Diego. Jett entered Princeton from the Harvard School, and, coming from a Navy family, his exotic address was the...
William Wilbur Mccue Jr. '45
Bill McCue died Dec. 12, 2003, following a three-year battle with dementia resulting from a severe viral infection.Bill entered Princeton from Woodbury. His education...
Edward Barr Mcenerney '45
Ed died on Nov. 26, 1998, but the class did not receive notification of his death until this year. Ed, a native of Bridgeport, Conn., entered Princeton from Horace Mann...
Carlton Norris Mckenney '45
Carlton McKenney, known to his classmates as "Speed," died April 1, 2004.Carlton entered Princeton from Woodberry Forest, followed two years later by his brother,...
Edward Norris McLean '45
Ted died July 4, 2009, after falling from a ladder two days earlier. He entered Princeton from Menlo Park (Calif.) Prep School, following in the footsteps of his...
Gordon McShane '45
Gordon died suddenly Nov. 11, 2006. He entered the Class of 1945 from Portsmouth (R.I.) Priory. His first accomplishment at Princeton, of which he was very proud, was...
Henry Jay Melosh III '45
Hank Melosh died Dec. 19, 1995, at Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., after a long struggle with leukemia.Hank entered Princeton from Holderness Academy and became a...
Frank Melville '45
Frank Melville died Dec. 5, 2007, at Noble Horizons in Salisbury, Conn., after a long illness. Frank prepared for Princeton at Pomfret and joined Tiger Inn. He left...
Robert Benjamin Mesrobian '45 *47
BOB MESROBIAN died Jan. 11, 1992, at YaleNew Haven Hospital, after a long illness.Bob entered Princeton from the McBurney School. He was a resident of Forest Hills, N.Y....
Carl W. Messinger Jr. '45 *51
Carl Messinger died Dec. 16, 2009. Carl entered Princeton from the Burroughs School in St. Louis and joined Quadrangle Club. He followed in the footsteps of his...
William Metcalf III '45
Will, our oldest living classmate, died May 29, 1998, in an auto accident in Sewickley, Pa.Will entered Princeton from The Hill with '43 but almost immediately...
Donald Walter Milestone '45
Donald died on Feb. 15, 2001, at the Cleveland Clinic after a short illness. A lifelong Ohio resident, Donald entered Princeton from Taft, joined Charter Club, and was a...
Robert Parsons Miller '45 *54
Bob Miller died Dec. 22, 2003, after fighting various forms of cancer.Bob prepared for Princeton at Montclair [N.J.] Academy and joined Court Club. His Princeton...
Kenneth Adolfo Mills '45
Ken Mills died Aug. 4, 2007. Ken prepared for Princeton at Choate, and joined Dial Lodge. In addition to continuing his impressive hockey career, Ken became mainstay...
Robert Gail Mills '45
Bob died Dec. 5, 2005, at Stony Brook Assisted Living in Pennington, N.J.Although born in Illinois, he moved to Princeton in 1928 when his father, Gail, became...
Thomas Vincent Monahan '45
Tom Monahan died Nov. 13, 1999, at his home in Winchester, Va., after a long battle with cancer.Tom entered Princeton from New Trier. He was with us for less than two...
Robert Steele Montgomery '45
Bob Montgomery died June 25, 2007. Bob came to Princeton with the large contingent from Lawrenceville and joined Quadrangle Club. He followed in the...
Benjamin Norman Moore '45
Ben Moore died Dec. 20, 2008. Ben prepared for Princeton at Lakeside School in Seattle and joined Terrace Club. His Princeton studies were interrupted by service in...
Victor Iago Morrison Jr. '45
Vic died on Aug. 19, 2000, in Old Lyme, Conn., of congestive heart failure. The son of Victor 1905, he entered Princeton from Pawling Academy. Vic joined Elm Club, of...
Myles C. Morrison Jr. '45
Mike died April 2, 2010, at home, surrounded by his loving family. A graduate of the Pingry School, Mike loved Princeton and Tiger football. He played freshman...
Robert Frederick Morten '45
Bob Morten died Oct. 14, 2007. Bob entered Princeton from Teaneck (N.J.) High School and joined Tower Club. When Pearl Harbor was attacked on Dec. 7, 1941, he was at...
John Mosler '45
"Big John" Mosler died July 7, 2002, at Mt. Sinai Hospital in NYC, from heart complications. John entered Princeton from Exeter, and was the fourth generation of his...
John Daniel Mosser '45
John died in Portland, Oreg., on Aug. 21, 1996, after a courageous battle with brain cancer. As he remarked last year, he was one of the very few to have had an...
John Rodman Moulinier '45
Rod died Nov. 8, 2010, at home in Tucson, Ariz., with his beloved wife, Francesca (the former Fran Farrell), at his side. Rod prepared for Princeton at Choate and...
Oliver Cromwell Munson '45
Oliver died on Jan. 13, 2000, at his home in Ft. Lauderdale after a struggle with cancer. Oliver, a resident of Babylon, Long Island, N.Y., entered Princeton from the...
John Eugene Murnane Jr. '45
Jack Murnane died June 22, 2003, from complications of Alzheimer's. He was buried with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery, a fitting site in light of...
Emmett Robert Murphy '45
Emmett Murphy died Dec. 1, 1998, following a brief illness and hospital stay.Em attended Lawrenceville and then Notre Dame, transferring to Princeton at the start of his...
Richard Clayton Myers '45
Dick Myers died Sept. 24, 2006. Dick entered Princeton in the footsteps of his father, Paul Myers ’13, and his brothers, Robert ’41 and John ’44. He prepared for...
George H. N. Richard Nash '45
Dick died on July 22, 2000. Born in Menton, France, Dick grew up in Washington, DC, and Warrenton, Va., spending his summers at Castine in Maine. Dick did not enter...
James Kevin Newman '45
Kev Newman died March 21, 2009. Kev prepared for Princeton at Choate and joined Cap and Gown. His war service was as a pilot with Navy Air Group 11, and he flew for...
Thomas Laurence Nicholson '45
Tom Nicholson died in Evanston, Ill., Dec. 9, 2002.Tom prepared for Princeton at Andover. His Princeton career was interrupted by service as a Naval lieutenant with the...
John Hurt Nicholson '45
JOHN NICHOLSON died Mar. 27, 1992, at his home in Atlanta, after a long bout with cancer. He entered Princeton from Woodberry Forest, following in the footsteps of his...
Stephen Edwards Nightingale '45
Steve died April 11, 2008, after a brief battle with cancer. Steve grew up in Providence and Saunderstown, R.I., and attended Providence Country Day School. While at...
Thomas Marshall Howe Nimick Jr. '45
On Oct. 4, 2007, the class lost possibly its most noted philanthropist when Tom Nimick died of cancer. Tom prepared for Princeton at Shady Side and St. Paul's. He...
Montagnie Van Norden '45
Monte died Oct. 1, 2002.He entered Princeton from the Browning School in New York, roomed with Breck Stringer and Frank Gilbertson, and joined Quadrangle Club. His...
Ernest Eden Norris Jr. '45
2E died of a massive coronary on July 21, 1992 at the Princeton Club of New York. He and Alice had just enjoyed a weekend reunion with children and grandchildren in New...
John Northrop '45
Jack Northrop died March 28, 2009, at his home in La Jolla, Calif. Jack attended Millbrook Academy. At Princeton, he joined Colonial Club, played varsity hockey, and...
Harrison Crane Noyes Jr. '45
Harry Noyes died Jan. 11, 2007. Harry entered Princeton from Hotchkiss and joined Charter Club. His Princeton studies were interrupted by service as a field artillery...
Richard Walsh O'Connor '45
Dick O'Connor died Oct. 22, 2006. Dick entered Princeton from Portsmouth Priory. He rowed on the freshman crew and waited on tables at Commons. Although he did not...
Louis Wilbur Ochs Jr. '45
Lou died of cancer on Nov. 10, 2000, in Memphis. Lou entered Princeton from St. Louis Country Day School and was active in many sports and other extracurricular...
Hugh Bell Ogburn '45 *55
Hugh Ogburn died Oct. 23, 2007, at his home in Honolulu. Hugh entered Princeton from Westville (N.J.) High School and joined Dial Lodge. Accelerating...
Wilson Rufus Page II '45
RUFUS PACE died Sept. 25, 1992, after valiantly combating throat cancer for several years. Appropriately, Rufe passed away in his boyhood city, Tulsa.Rufe, who was...
Stephen Eugene Palmer Jr. '45
Steve Palmer died May 3, 2000, after a heart attack at his Virginia home. Steve entered Princeton from Lockport H.S. in New York and joined Cloister Inn. He received a...
Gardiner Booth Parker '45
He entered Princeton from The Hill School and joined Key and Seal. His Princeton career was interrupted by service with the 7th Army. Before returning to college to...
Carl Frederick Paulson '45 *48
Fred, our class treasurer, died of cancer Feb. 17, 2008. At Princeton, he was a member of the Glee Club, played in the marching band, and was elected to Phi Beta...
Robert Blaine Payne '45
Bob Payne died April 4, 2009. He prepared for Princeton at Tyler (Texas) High School and joined Tower Club, of which he became president. His Princeton career was...
William Dana Peck '45
Bill Peck died peacefully at home April 28, 2006, after a long illness. Born in Baltimore but raised in Scarsdale, N.Y., Bill entered Princeton from Blair Academy and...
Robert Maury Peers '45
On June 28, 1996, cancer took Bob Peers with merciful rapidity.Bob entered Princeton from Trinity and became a member of Cannon Club. He played on the freshman football...
John G. Penniman Jr. '45
John Penniman died Nov. 17, 2010, of congestive heart failure. John prepared at Winchester (Mass.) High School. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry, joined Cannon...
Richard Gardner Perry '45
Dick Perry died Jan. 4, 2008. Dick entered Princeton from Kent School. He married Allene Ferguson before departing for service as a torpedo bomber pilot with the Navy,...
Harry Purcell Phillips Jr. '45
Harry Phillips died Mar. 14, 2003, in Durham, N.C., complications of Parkinson's disease.Harry, a prominent leader in the Presbyterian Church, entered Princeton...
Kenneth Lockhart Phillips '45
KEN PHILLIPS died Nov. 3, 1991, in Ft. Lauderdale, although he was a resident of Edgewater Park, N.J.Ken entered Princeton from Mercersburg arid quickly developed a...
Philip Pidgeon III '45
Phil Pidgeon died Mar. 17, 1996, of heart failure in his hometown of Memphis, Tenn.Phil entered Princeton from Choate and was a member of Cap and Gown. His Princeton...
Robert R. Porter '45
Bob Porter, known as Roget, was a classical scholar and a collector of early opera and jazz records, Persian rugs, pre-Revolutionary silver, and books. He was a...
William F. Potts '45
Bill Potts died peacefully Nov. 26, 2011. Bill entered Princeton from Mercersburg Academy. After his freshman year at Princeton he enlisted in the Army Air Corps,...
John Goode Priest '45
John died in California on Oct. 6, 2000, after an extended battle with liver cancer. John entered Princeton from Lake Forest Academy in St. Louis, following in the...
Donald Pyle '45
Don Pyle died of complications from pneumonia Nov. 20, 2012. Don entered Princeton from Newark (N.J.) Academy and joined Quadrangle Club. During his sophomore year, he...
George Stewart Quay II '45
George died Nov. 8, 2002, of cancer. He prepared for Princeton at Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh. He was a member of Cottage Club played both varsity basketball...
George Pitts Raleigh '45
PITTS RALEIGH died Dec. 24, 1990. Pitts entered Princeton from the Gilman School, was a member of Terrace Club, and, as was the case with most of his classmates, had his...
Thomas Michael Ramseur Jr. '45
Tom died Jan. 27, 2005.Tom prepared at the Hill School. At Princeton he joined the Field Artillery ROTC Unit and became a member of Ivy Club. He married the former...
George F. Rand III '45
GEORGE RAND died Aug. 8, 1991, in Buffalo, after a long battle with cancer. George, grandson of George F. Rand, a former president of Marine Trust Co., and son of George...
Charles Henry Gallagher Rees '45
Charles "Cat" Rees died July 12, 2006, following surgery. He entered Princeton from Lawrenceville in the footsteps of his brother, Albert '43, and joined Ivy Club. Cat...
Russell A. Reidinger '45
THE CLASS LOST one of the Reidinger twins on Dec. 23, 1993, when Russ passed away from complications with cancer. Russ and his twin, Ray, the sonsof Albert D. '18,...
Raymond Cuyler Reidinger '45
Ray Reidinger died Feb. 23, 2010. He entered Princeton along with his twin brother, our late classmate Russell Reidinger, from North Plainfield (N.J.) High School,...
Edgar Ivar Rhoden '45
Ed died Oct. 10, 2004, at the Jenner's Pond Retirement Community in West Grove, Pa.Ed entered Princeton from White Plains [N.Y.] High School. At Princeton, where he...
David Allison Rhodes '45
Dave Rhodes died July 20, 2003, after a long and courageous battle with emphysema. He was 79.Dave was a native Washingtonian and entered Princeton from Eastern HS, where...
Frank Domenic Rich Jr. '45
Frank Rich died Aug. 7, 2007, at his home in Darien, Conn. Frank entered Princeton in 1941 ahead of his brother, Bob ’48. At Princeton he was a member of the varsity...
Reginald Robinson Jr. '45
Reg died July 9, 2006. He entered Princeton from South Pasadena (Calif.) High School and joined Charter Club. Reg was active in Theatre Intime, sang with Triangle...
Robert Campbell Roche '45
Bob Roche died Feb. 10, 2003.He entered Princeton from Polytechnic High in Long Beach, Calif., the son of Robert T. Roche '11. At Princeton he was a member of Quadrangle...
Staffan Rosenborg '45
Staffan Rosenborg died peacefully, of natural causes, on July 5, 1998, in Washington, D.C. His wife, Patricia Gilbert, an editor of the Natl. Geographic Society,...
Robert Milton Ruch '45
Bob Ruch died Feb. 26, 2008, after an extended battle with Alzheimer’s disease. Bob entered Princeton from Central High School in Memphis and joined Charter Club....
Richard F. Sachse '45
DICK SACHSE died Apr. 18, 1993, after a month-long battle with a rampant infection. He was 69.Dick spent his entire life in the North Shore suburbs of Chicago, entering...
Elizabeth M. Sanford h '45
On May 12, 2011, the class lost an important officer and honorary member when Betty Sanford died at the University Medical Center in Princeton after a short illness....
Franklin E. Schaffer '45
Frank died from cardiac arrest Nov. 11, 2010. Frank entered Princeton from New Rochelle (N.Y.) High School. His Army service in the Pacific theater, where he...
William Scheerer II '45
Bill Scheerer died Nov. 4, 2008. Bill entered Princeton from The Hill School, following in the footsteps of his father, Joseph ’21, and preceding his brother, Joseph...
David Janvier Scott '45
DAVID DIED Mar. 28, 1991, following heart surgery at the hospital of the Univ. of Pennsylvania. He had recently made his home in Bucks County, Penn. He was 68.David came...
James Menzies Shannon '45
Jim Shannon died Dec. 13, 2003.Jim prepared at Woodberry Forest, following brother Phil '41, now deceased, to Prince-ton. Jim joined Campus Club and received his degree...
George Edwin Sheppard '45
George "Gerry" Sheppard died Sept. 15, 1996, in Laurens, S.C. Although born in Houston, George was virtually a lifelong resident of Laurens. He prepared for Princeton at...
Michael Sherman '45
Michael died of prostate cancer at his home in Princeton on Dec. 6, 1999. Born and raised in Manhattan, Michael attended St. Bernard's School and entered Princeton from...
Charles Wesley Shreiner Jr. '45
Charlie died Aug. 22, 2004, at Dunwoody Village in Newtown Square, Pa.Charlie entered Princeton from Episcopal Academy in Philadelphia, joined Cottage Club, and played...
Robert Bruce Silver '45
Bruce Silver died of pancreatic cancer July 20, 2010, in Akron, Ohio. He entered Princeton in 1941 from Western Reserve Academy in Hudson, Ohio, and joined Tower Club....
Lionel Valdema Silvester Jr. '45
VAL SILVESTER died 24, 1991, at his home in Princeton. Val was born in Princeton, a fourth generation Princetonian, his father having been a member of the Class of'13....
Frank Edward Simpson Jr. '45
Frank Simpson died May 22, 2006. Frank entered Princeton from Parker High School in Chicago but spent only one year at the University. He left to serve in the Army Air...
Neil Johnston Sinclair '45
JACK SINCLAIR died Aug. 16, 1989, although the Class did not learn of his death until last May. Jack, a native Californian, did not enter Princeton with the Class, but...
Duard Geis Slattery '45
Duard Slattery died June 16, 2007. Slats entered Princeton from Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pa., and joined Tower Club. His war service as an infantry officer with...
Hollis Wooster Smith '45
HOLLY SMITH died Sept. 2, 1991, in Beaufort, S.C. entered Princeton with a small Loomis contingent that consisted of Beany Collins, Eginton, Winnie Smith, and...
Robert Walter Smith '45
Bob Smith died Jan. 10, 2009. Bob entered Princeton from John Burroughs School in Webster Groves, Mo., and joined Quadrangle Club. He received an A.B. from Princeton...
William Ewing Speers Jr. '45
Bill Speers died at the Meadow Lakes retirement community in Hightstown, N.J., Oct. 31, 2006. After graduating from South Kent (Conn.) School, Bill entered Princeton,...
Davis Spencer '45
Dave died Sept. 5, 2005, after a long and valiant struggle with multiple myeloma.He entered Princeton from Millbrook as his brother, William '45, arrived from Exeter,...
William Spencer '45
Will Spencer died July 3, 2009, in St. Augustine, Fla., after a brief struggle with multiple myeloma. Will prepared for Princeton at Exeter and joined Tower Club. In...
Fordyce Barker St. John Jr. '45
Fordyce Barker St. John died March 31, 2010, at Meadow Ridge in Redding, Conn. Known as John St. John, he entered Princeton from Deerfield Academy and joined Ivy Club....
Walter Arundel Steele '45
Walter A. “Bill” Steele died May 27, 2008. He entered Princeton from East Denver High School in the footsteps of his father, Judge Robert Steele ’13. Bill joined Tower...
David Chew Stephenson '45
Dave Stephenson died of leukemia July 4, 1997, at his home Washington, D.C. At his services, classmates Talbot Chubb, Will Haley, Steve Palmer, and Wat Stewart were...
Harris Bates Stewart Jr. '45
"Stew" died Apr. 25, 2000, after a battle with cancer. He entered Princeton from Exeter. His Princeton connections include his grandfather, George 1876, his father,...
William W. Stewart '45
Wat Stewart died Jan. 22, 2011, after a long illness. Wat entered Princeton from Hotchkiss and was active in musical organizations including choir, Glee Club,...
Robert Mcelrath Strebeigh '45
Bob Strebeigh died Nov. 13, 2004, in St. Petersburg, Fla.Known by his friends as "Robin," he entered Princeton from Kent School and joined Elm Club. His Princeton...
Dwight Dierks Sutherland '45
Dwight died in Kansas City Oct. 25, 2003.He prepared for Princeton at Lawrence-ville and roomed with his brother John '45, E. E. Norris, Rufus Page, and Laddie Sanford....
Ernest William Swegler Jr. '45
Bill Swegler died Oct. 27, 1998, at his home in Hinsdale, Ill., after a long battle with Parkinson's disease.Bill entered Princeton from the University School and was a...
Randolphe Pierson Swenson '45
Perry died Sept. 13, 2008. He prepared at Lawrenceville and joined Quadrangle Club at Princeton. His studies were interrupted by service as a navigator with the 13th...
Allison Dodd Teaze '45
Al Teaze died Aug. 28, 2008. He entered Princeton from Deerfield and joined Cannon Club. He enrolled in a pre-medical program at Princeton, enabling him to get both...
Richard Russell Tettlebach '45
Dick Tettelbach died May 14, 2007. He entered Princeton from University School in Cleveland, Ohio. Dick joined Key and Seal and was active in wrestling and baseball....
William Mcintosh Throop Jr. '45
Class Treasurer Pete Throop died on June 20, 2002, of prostate cancer. Pete entered Princeton from St. George's. His stepfather was Charles E. Davis Jr. '25.At...
James Haviland Tompkins '45 *47
Tommy Tompkins died Oct. 19, 1995, at Morristown [N.J.] Memorial Hospital. Tommy, who was born in South Orange, N.J., entered Princeton from Montclair Academy, played...
Augustus Robert Towers Jr. '45 *52
Professor Bob Towers died May 2, 1995, at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, of pancreatic cancer.Bob entered Princeton from St. Christopher's in Richmond and was a...
Clark Travell '45
Clark died on May 9, 1999, at his home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla. His ashes were scattered from a B-26 (the bomber he flew during WWII) on Memorial Day weekend that...
Eugene Winfield Trone '45
Gene died Nov. 28, 2001, two days after a fall in his garden in Old Town Alexandria, Va.Gene prepared at William Penn High in York, Pa. At Princeton he joined Cloister...
Benjamin Davis Tyler '45
Ben Tyler died April 27, 2005. Ben entered Princeton from Woodberry Forest and joined Ivy Club. His Princeton career was terminated in 1943 by service as an officer...
Thomas Westlake Underhill '45
Tom Underhill died June 26, 2003, in West Chatham, Mass.Tom entered Princeton from Summit [N.J.] HS and joined Charter Club. Accelerating, he received his degree in...
John Terhune Valdes '45
Jack died Sept. 19, 2001, in West Palm Beach, Fla., after a long illness. Entering Princeton from St. George's, Jack joined Colonial Club and Triangle. His Princeton...
Willem Hendrik Van Breda Kolff '45
On Aug. 22, 2007, the class lost arguably its most colorful member with the death of Bill “Butch” van Breda Kolff. Butch prepared at The Hill School, where he starred...
Charles J. Vermilye Jr. '45
JOHN VERMILYE DIED Dec. 5, 1993. Since 1957, he had lived in Bethesda, Md. John came to Princeton from Taft in the fall of 1941. He excelled in athletics, in football,...
Warren Keller Vieth '45
Warren Vieth, known to his classmates as “Lefty,” died March 6, 2008. He entered Princeton from Mercersburg Academy, became a stalwart on the freshman and varsity...
William Thomas Vogt '45
Bill Vogt died Feb. 4, 2002, at Bryn Mawr Hospital; he was a resident of Haverford, Pa.Entering Princeton from the Hill School, Bill joined Cap and Gown, and was captain...
Charles Eugene Wagner '45
Charles Wagner died Oct. 5, 2007, in Louisville, Ky. Chuck entered Princeton from Mercersburg Academy, following in the footsteps of his father, Daniel Wagner 1904,...
William Howard Wainwright '45
Bill died July 12, 2005.He entered Princeton from the Browning School and spent his first year off campus at 24 Dickinson St. He joined Terrace Club and was a member of...
Thomas Andrew Wallace '45
Tom Wallace died Nov. 8, 2005. He entered Princeton from Cascia Hall in Tulsa, Okla., and joined Cloister Inn. His Princeton career was interrupted by service with the...
Peter Beach Warren '45
Peter Warren died Nov. 3, 2001, at his home in Roosevelt, N.J. Peter attended Lawrenceville but joined the class at Princeton after he had completed several years of...
Robert B. Waters '45
Bob died Jan. 17, 2011. He entered Princeton from Andover, joined Quadrangle, and played varsity lacrosse. His Princeton career was interrupted by the war. He served...
William F. Weigel '45
BILL WEIGEL DIED in N.Y.C. July 13, 1990, from the effects of stroke. Bill entered Princeton from Lawrenceville, where he had roomed with Maj Cunningham and Jim Dean,...
Sidney J. Weinberg Jr. '45
Sidney Weinberg died Oct. 4, 2010. Sidney, known as Jim, prepared for Princeton at Deerfield and joined Elm Club. His Princeton career was interrupted for service in...
Henry Charles Weltzien Jr. '45
Hank died on June 28, 2000. He entered Princeton from the Kent School, a resident of NYC. At Princeton, he was a member of Key and Seal, but joined the navy V-12 program...
Robert Westaway Jr. '45
Westy died Oct. 20, 2008. He entered Princeton from Lawrenceville, where he played baseball and soccer. He joined Cannon Club but left Princeton to become a bomber...
Lawrence Richardson Wharton Jr. '45
Larry Wharton died Dec. 4, 2003.Larry prepared at the Gilman School, and at Princeton joined Colonial Club, and played on the varsity football team and the wrestling...
Stephen Bonsal White Jr. '45
Bonnie White died July 2, 2006, at his Fox Fire Farm in Harford County, Md. He was 84. Bonnie entered Princeton from Gilman School in Baltimore. He was a member of Ivy...
Frank Simpson Whiting '45
Frank Whiting died Jan. 24, 2008. Frank entered Princeton from The Hill School, but left the University for service as an infantry officer assigned to the headquarters...
Ichael Alfred Whitley '45
Ike Whitley died Sept. 18, 2007, just two months before his brother-in-law and classmate, Frank Melville. Mike prepared for Princeton at Choate, and at Princeton...
Robert Stewart Wicks '45
Bob died Mar. 31, 2000, in Westport Point, Mass., after a long illness. Bob entered Princeton from Lawrenceville, son of Dean of the Chapel Robert R. Wicks.At Princeton,...
Robert Wilson Wigton Jr. '45
Bob Wigton died May 2, 1998, a resident of Bryn Mawr, Pa. Bob was so loyal a class member that one would have thought he resided in Princeton, since he never failed to...
Andrew Thompson Wiley '45
Dr. Andrew "Andy" Wiley died Apr. 4, 1998, of a heart attack in his home in Columbia, Md. He entered Princeton from Morristown H.S., accelerated his studies, and...
David Preis Wilkinson '45 *49
Dave Wilkinson died Feb. 14, 2008. He entered Princeton from West Orange (N.J.) High School 10 years behind his brother, Harry ’35. Dave accelerated in his studies and...
Claude K. Williams '45
Claude Williams, known as C.K., died Sept. 7, 2011, in his home in Montecito, Calif. He was 88. He came to Princeton from St. Paul’s School. He was a member of Cottage...
David Brittain Willmer '45
Dave died Sept. 29, 2001. He entered Princeton from Kent School, roomed with Barney Barnhart, and was a member of Cloister Inn. He was a member of the 150-lb. crew and a...
Roger T. Wilson '45
Roger Wilson died Jan. 27, 2009. Roger entered Princeton from Exeter, following in the footsteps of his father, Tom 1913, and brother Bruce ’42. At Exeter he...
John Gilbert Winant '45
JOHN WINANT DIED Oct. 31, 1993 in Princeton, where his services were attended by classmates Farmer, Ramseur, Rees, and St. John. "Gov" prepared at Deerfield, joining his...
Peter Deropp Wood '45
PETER WOOD died at his residence in East Quogue, L.I., N.Y., Feb. 28, 1990. He was 67.Woodie entered Princeton from Valley Forge Military Academy, Penn., following in...
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