Current Issue
Dec. 14, 2011
Vol. 112, No. 5
Memorials
Memorials by Class: 1936
W. Nelson Abbott '36
Nels died Nov. 18, 2003, in Provo, Utah; he was 89. At Princeton he majored in economics and was vice president of Dial Lodge. He left Princeton in his senior year...
Augustus Dixon Adair III '36
Dick died Sept. 10, 2005. He was 92.A graduate of the Lawrenceville School, majored in political science at Princeton and also was a member of Cap and Gown. In 1950...
Robert Edward Adams '36
BOB DIED MAY 8, 1993, in Sudbury, Mass., many years after suffering a severe stroke. He graduated from Central H.S. in Scranton, Penn. At Princeton, he majored in...
John Cornwell Ages '36
BALDY DIED Oct. 12, 1991, at 78. He had a brother Stephen '33 and a brotherinlaw Marshall Sprague '30.He prepared at Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va. At Princeton...
Robert Henry Alford '36
BOB DIED Sept. 17, 1990. He was born Oct. 23, 1914, in Chicago.He prepared at the Kiski and McBurney Schools. At Princeton he majored in politics and was a member of...
Malcolm Van Guerin Arsdale Jr. '36
Van died of congestive heart failure Dec. 11, 2002; a resident of Sarasota, Fla., he was 88.A graduate of Lawrenceville, where he was on the track team and in the drama...
William Blaine Asher '36
Bill died Apr. 2, 1999, at home in Rockville, Md. He was 84. A native of Washington, D.C., he prepared at St. Albans School. At Princeton he earned honors in economics...
Edwin D. Ashton '36
Ted died June 18, 2009, in Montecito, Calif., his home since 1998. At Princeton, Ted majored in economics, played tennis, and belonged to Whig-Clio and Terrace Club. He...
William E. Attwood Jr. '36
Bill was born and lived most of his life in New Britain, Conn. He died there April 17, 2008. At Princeton, Bill was in the School of Public and International Affairs....
Augustus L. Baker Jr. '36
Gus died May 26, 2010, at his home in Hopatcong, N.J. He was born in Dover, N.J., attended Newark Academy, and majored in chemistry at Princeton. He...
George F. Barber '36
George died Aug. 8, 2006, at his home in Sewickley, Pa., after a short illness. George was raised in New Rochelle, N.Y. At Princeton he majored in...
William Henry Barbour Jr. '36
Bill died Jan. 1, 1999, of pneumonia, in his hometown of Yazoo City, Miss. He was 84. A graduate of Lawrenceville, he spent two years at Princeton and belonged to...
Harold Oakley Barker Jr. '36
HARRY WAS BORN Oct. 7, 1914, and died Nov 5, 1991. He prepared at Lawrenceville. At Princeton he majored in politics. He left the University following his junior year.He...
Henry Charles Barkhorn Jr. '36
Henry, at 84, died July 27, 2000, of Alzheimer's disease after a very long illness. He prepared at Newark's Barringer H.S. At Princeton he majored in history and...
Seaton Grantland Barnes '36
Barney was born in Atlanta and spent most of his life in Griffin, Ga. He died there Oct. 2, 2008. After preparing at the Episcopal School in Alexandria, Va., Barney...
John Mckeon Bartlett '36
"Long John" died Nov. 1, 2001 at Stony Brook Hospital near his home in Port Jefferson, N.Y.A graduate of Montclair [N.J.] HS, he joined our class in 1932. He left...
William Hoyt Bedell '36
BILL DIED May 1, 1991, of a heart attack. He was born June 16, 1913 in White Plains, N.Y.He prepared at White Plains High School and the Blair Academy, where he played...
Francis Herrington Bell II '36
HANK DIED July 6, 1990, of congestive heart failure at the Princeton Med. center. He was the son of George H. Bell '04. Hank prepared at Gilman and Hun Schools. He...
Cadwallader Benedict '36
Ben died at age 87 in Wilmington, N.C., June 5, 2001. For most of his adult life he lived in North Carolina.He prepared at the Loomis School. At Princeton he majored in...
James Q. Bensen '36
Jim’s death on June 23, 2008, left a void in our lives. Who can forget him as a P-rade marshal doing his best to keep us in line? He served a couple of times as class...
James George Benziger '36 *41
Jim died Oct. 2, 1995. He graduated from Stonyhurst College in England, received both his BA and PhD from Princeton, where he majored in English and played rugby. He was...
Robert Chase Bergen '36
BOB, AT 78, died Jan. 3, 1992, in Davis, Calif. He graduated from Neptune High School in Ocean Grove, NJ, where he was a member of its state championship basketball...
Seymour Bernstein '36 *39
Seymour, renowned research chemist, died June 30, 1996. He was 80.At Princeton he majored in chemistry and continued on to receive his PhD.A resident for 53 years of New...
John Kinsley Best '36
"Jake" died Feb. 19, 2001. After Princeton he received his law degree in 1941 from Fordham U. In 1968, NYU granted him a degree of doctor of laws. He retired from law...
Alexander Black '36
Alex died Feb. 9, 1999. He was 84. A native of Pittsburgh, he prepared at its Peabody H.S. At Princeton he majored in history and was a member of Terrace Club. He earned...
John Fraser Bliss Jr. '36
John, or "Moose," as affectionately known by his many friends, died Sept. 5, 1997. A graduate of Phillips Exeter, at Princeton he majored in biology and was a member of...
Harry F. Bliss Jr. '36
HARRY PASSED away June 9, 1990, at his home in Naples, Fla. The Mike Curtoses represented the Class at his to his memorial service June 29.Harry prepared at...
Frederick Wessells Bogert '36
FRED DIED on Aug. 24, 1989, of a congestive heart condition in Paramus, N.J. He was born on Dec. 15, 1911, in nearby Ridgewood. He prepared at Lawrenceville, where he...
C. Keating Bowie '36
Keats died of cancer June 30, 2005. He was 92.A graduate of the Gilman School, at Princeton he majored in economics, was a varsity wrestler for three years, and was a...
William S. P. Breese '36
Bill died June 1, 2002; he was 87. A graduate of Exeter, he majored in history at Princeton, rowed, and was a member of Cloister Inn.From graduation until 1941, Bill...
Addison Gorgas Brenizer Jr. '36
ADDISON DIED Sept. 1, 1993, in Charlotte, N.C. He prepared at McCallie School in Chattanooga, Tenn. After two years at Davidson College, he transferred to Princeton,...
George Fulton Brown '36
George, a former class treasurer, died Apr. 7, 1998, at the Princeton Medical Center after a long illness. He prepared at both the Princeton Preparatory and Hun Schools....
Margrette Burnham Brown '36
Marnie, a longtime resident of Princeton and Bay Head, N.J., died Nov. 11, 1995. She graduated from Briarcliff College in 1938.In 1950 she married R. Manning Brown Jr....
Barry Brown '36
Barry died July 3, 1995, in Arlington, Va., after surgery for an aortic aneurysm. He was 80.He prepared at Moses Brown School in Providence, R.I. At Princeton he majored...
T. Wistar Brown IV '36
WISTAR, AT 78, died Apr. 27, 1992, at Bryn Mawr (Penn.) Hospital. He was the greatgreatnephew of the founder of the Wistar Institute of Philadelphia, established in...
Richard H. Bruning '36
THE CLASS REGRETS the death of Dr. Richard H. Bruning on May 8, 1993, in Millburn, N.J. A lifelong resident of New Jersey, Dick prepared at Pingry School. Dick was...
Frederick Sidney Burroughs Jr. '36
Fred died Jan. 21, 1996. He was 81. He prepared at Columbia H.S. and Exeter Academy. At Princeton he played freshman football, was on the boxing team, and was v.p. of...
Charles F. Burroughs Jr. '36
Charlie, a lifelong resident of Norfolk, Va., died at home Dec. 7, 2007. He came to Princeton via Norfolk Academy and Princeton Prep. Charlie was a...
Nathaniel Burt '36 *49
Nat died July 1, 2003; was 89. A longtime Princeton resident, was a noted composer, poet, author, and lecturer. A graduate of St. James School in Maryland, where...
J. Clarke Cahill '36
Clarke died Sept. 2, 1996, in Ocala, Fla., of congestive heart failure. He was 82. He prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton he majored in chemistry and was a...
Alexander Cameron III '36
Sandy, a resident of Reading, Pa., died Sept. 15, 1999. He prepared at St. George's School Newport, R.I.Most of his career was spent as a yarn broker to the textile...
William Arthur Carlile '36
BILL, LONGTIME resident of Columbus, Ohio, died Mar. 1, 1993, after a long illness.He prepared at Columbus Academy and the Hun School. At Princeton, he majored in...
Charles Carr Jr. '36
Charlie died Dec. 24, 2005, in Columbus, N.C., just before his 91st birthday. He was a graduate of Webster Groves (Mo.) High School. At Princeton he majored in English...
John Frederick Carspecken '36
Fred died Apr. 26, 2003, at his home in Laguna Beach, Calif. He was salutatorian of his class at Mercersburg Academy. At Princeton he majored in the classics and was...
Richard D. Chadwick-Collins '36
Chad died Oct. 16, 2003. He was 88.A graduate Episcopal Academy Overbrook, Pa., he earned his Princeton degree in art and archaeology cum laude, and was a member...
Robert Holden Chapman '36
Bob, an avid Princetonian, died Oct. 1, 2004, in Greensboro, N.C. He was 91.A graduate of the Hotchkiss School, Bob majored in economics at Princeton, rowed on the...
Paul Jacob Christner Jr. '36
Paul died Oct. 7, 2002, in Lakewood, N.J. He graduated from the Silver Bay School in Lake George, N.Y. He transferred to Princeton from Geneva College. He left Princeton...
Luther S. Clark Jr. '36
LUI HER DIED of a heart attack Mar. 13, 1994. He prepared at Newark Academy and left Princeton in 1935. In WWII, he was in the army air force and served three years...
John B. Coburn '36
John died Aug. 8, 2009, in Bedford, Mass. John majored in politics, played 150-pound football and lacrosse, and joined Tiger Inn. In 1941 he married Ruth Barnum, who...
Ward Baldwin Coe Jr. '36
Ward died Nov. 12, 1996, of a heart attack at his home in Ruxton, Md. He was 83. A graduate of the Gilman School in Baltimore, at Princeton he majored in architecture...
H. Vinton Coes '36
Vint, 87, died at home in Sussex, N.J., on Jan. 28, 2001. A graduate of Montclair [N.J.] H.S., at Princeton he majored in biology. In 1941 he received his MD from...
Donald Alvin Colvin '36
Don died after a short illness Oct. 13, 2008, in Hendersonville, N.C. Don came to Princeton via Mercersburg. He majored in economics, was on the edito- rial board of The...
Arthur L. Connell '36
Doc came to Princeton from Scranton, Pa., after attending Hotchkiss and participating in football and track while there. At Princeton he played ...
Charles Paul Corrigan '36
Clancy died of cancer Sept. 8, 1996, at the Morristown, N.J., home of his son Rory. He was 83. He prepared at Southampton [N.Y.] H.S. and Phillips Andover Academy. At...
Harry Clement Crawford Jr. '36
Harry died Sept. 19, 2003. He was 89.At Princeton he majored in economics, was a varsity swimmer, a member of Quadrangle Club, and roomed all four years with Bill Morris...
George Wishart Creighton '36
George, son of Joseph '07 and brother of John '32, died on May 17, 2002, at the U. of Virginia Hospital Charlottesville. At the time of his death, George was living...
Richard Lee Crist '36
Dick died Mar. 30, 2003; he was 89. He prepared at Mercersburg Academy. At Princeton he majored in biology and was a member of Court Club.After Princeton he went DC...
Henry B. Cross Jr. '36
Hank died Jan. 7, 2007, at home in Vero Beach, Fla. A Providence, R.I., native, Hank majored in economics and was circulation manager of The Daily...
Charles Sumner Cummings II '36 *40
Chuck died June 22, 2002, from complications of Parkinson's disease.He prepared at Newark Academy. At Princeton he majored in physics, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa...
J. Michael Curto '36
Mike reached the peak in big business. His entire career was with U.S. Steel, starting as a clerk and winding up as senior vice president for sales. He was chairman of...
Monford Daniel Custer Jr. '36
MON DIED of cancer on Thanksgiving day, Nov. 23, 1989. He was born Dec. 5, 1914 in Coshocton, Ohio.After graduation from Lawrenceville, he majored in biology at...
John Howard Dalton '36
Jack died at age 90 on Apr. 16, 2003, in Scottsdale, Ariz., of heart complications. He also suffered from macular degeneration and could no longer see to read, which was...
W. Bond Dashiell Jr. '36
Bond, a lifelong resident of Memphis, Tenn., died June 6, 2005. A graduate of the Lawrenceville School, he majored in history at Princeton and was a member of Key and...
Arthur F. Davies Jr. '36
Art died Jan. 11, 2006. He was 92 and a longtime resident of Wilton, Conn. He prepared at Montclair (N.J.) High School and the Salisbury (Conn.) School. At Princeton...
Charles S. Davis Jr. '36
He prepared for Princeton at Choate, and at Princeton, he majored in economics. Shortly after graduating, he married Elizabeth Mary Blood in Detroit. They had two...
Samuel Boyer Davis '36
"Bogey" died Nov. 6, 2000. He prepared at St. Mark's School. At Princeton he majored in political science and was a member of Cottage Club. He later received an MAT from...
Patrick Henry Davis Jr. '36
Pat, of Winston-Salem, N.C., died Jan. 19, 1996. After graduation from Englewood School in Englewood, N.J., he attended Princeton for two years.He spent his business...
Edward B. Dawson '36
Ed died Aug. 27, 2003; he was 88.He attended Western HS in DC and Exeter Academy. At Princeton he majored in political science and was a member of Court Club. In 1940 he...
Francis Kingsland de Beixedon '36
AT 77, FRANCIS died suddenly Apr. 15, 1992, in Mazatlan, Mexico.He prepared at the Stony Brook School. At Princeton he majored in philosophy, was on the fencing team,...
Edward Horace Decker '36
ED, AT THE age of 80, died Apr. 22, 1993, in Ridgewood, N.J., where he had lived since 1918.He prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton, he majored in politics...
Richard Redwood Deupree Jr. '36
Dick died on Feb. II, 1989, in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was born on Oct 3, 1914, in Cincinnati and prepared at the Tome School. At Princeton, he majored in history and was...
Robert R. Deutsch '36
Bob died Feb. 22, 2005. He was a recent resident of Venice, Fla. For many years he summered in Yarmouth Port, Mass., and wintered on Water Island, U.S.Virgin Islands.He...
John Muhlenberg Deyoe '36
John died June 9, 1998. He was 85. He graduated from Ramsey [N.J.] H.S. and attended Mount Hermon School and Blair Academy. At Princeton he majored in politics and was a...
Albert Joseph Diesinger '36
Al died Dec. 15, 1998, in Gladwyne, Pa. He was 84. A graduate of the Lawrenceville School, at Princeton he majored in economics, graduating magna cum laude, and was a...
Roger Coit Dixon '36 *42
Roger died of a cerebral hemorrhage Jan. 30, 2010, in his hometown of Mitchellville, Md. The son of a Princeton economics professor, Roger majored in chemistry, but...
A. Bayard Dod Jr. '36 *38
By, of Apple Valley, Calif., died May 1, 2002. He prepared at the Hun School and Carteret Academy. At Princeton he majored in electrical engineering and was a member of...
Clarence Dodge Jr. '36
Junie died at home in DC, Dec. 28, 2002, of congestive heart failure. He was 88. He graduated from Washington Friends School. At Princeton he majored in economics,...
Norman H. Donald Jr. '36
Norm died in Atlanta Aug. 19, 2007. He was the son of Norman H. Donald 1903. Norm came to Princeton from St. Paul’s. He majored in geology, played rugby, and belonged...
Francis F. Dowley '36
Frank died of natural causes Dec. 5, 2003, at the U. of Chicago Hospital. He was 89.He prepared at St. Joseph's School in Philadelphia. At Princeton he majored in...
William H. Dyer Jr. '36
Bill died March 18, 2008, in Morgantown, W. Va., where he had lived since the early 1940s. He came to Princeton from Leominster (Mass.) High School and played on that...
William C. Earhart '36
Bill died April 6, 2010, in Portland, Ore. Coming to us from Pittsburgh, Bill graduated from Princeton with honors in politics. He was on the cross country and gym...
John Edie '36
Jack died Nov. 19, 1996. He prepared at Phillips Andover. At Princeton he majored in history. He received his master's from Columbia and also studied at the U. of...
Gordon Madison Einhaus '36
Gordon died of heart disease Mar. 2, 1997. He was 83. He prepared at Brooklyn's Polytechnic School. At Princeton he majored in economics. Having completed his ROTC...
Charles Clement English Jr. '36
CLEM DIED Dec. 24,1990, in Waynesboro, Va. He was the son of Charles C. En&h'06. After graduating from the Haverford School, he majored in geology at Princeton and was a...
Robert E. Erler '36
Bob died Jan. 16, 2006. He was 89 and lived in Lakewood, N.J. A graduate of Barringer High School in Newark, N.J., he majored in biology at Princeton. In 1940 he...
William Edward Fackert Jr. '36
AT THE AGE OF 78, Bill died Nov. 29, 1992, of a heart attack, in Elkhart, Ind.A graduate of Choate School, at Princeton he majored in English and was a member of the...
Laurence Fenninger Jr. '36
Larry died Jan. 10, 1997, in Charlotte, N.C. He prepared at the Hun School. At Princeton he majored in history, rowed varsity crew, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In...
Robert L. Fisher '36
Bob died of natural causes June 22, 2007, in North Canaan, Conn. Bob was part of a great Princeton family. His father was Howard S. Fisher 1894 and his five brothers...
Lawrence C. Ford '36
Larry died Aug. 17, 2003. He was 89.After graduation from the Lawrenceville School, he majored in political science at Princeton, where he was a member of Cannon Club....
Algernon Sebastian Gardiner Jr. '36
Al died Dec. 31, 1998, at Memorial Hospital in Easton, Md. He was 85 and had resided in Neavitt, Md., since 1978. After graduating from Lawrenceville he joined our class...
Garret James Garretson II '36
Garry died June 1, 1995. He was 81 and lived in Greens Farms, Conn. His father was attorney James '07. Garry prepared at the Loomis School. At Princeton he majored in...
Robert Budd Gibby '36
Bob’s death April 21, 2008, was a big blow for us. He had been an inspirational leader as our class president for the past 12 years. He came from Roselle, N.J., the...
Edward Glassmeyer Jr. '36
After a long illness Ed died Sept. 25, 2009, in Vero Beach, Fla. Born in Jersey City, he attended Dickinson High School there and majored in economics at Princeton. He...
Charles Henry Goodsell '36
Charles died Apr. 1, 1996. He was 82.He prepared at Hotchkiss, and at Princeton he majored in English, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his senior year, and was a member...
Lewis Jefferson Gorin Jr. '36
Lew, a native of Louisville, Ky., died Jan. 1, 1999. He was 84. He prepared at Woodberry Forest School. During his senior year of college he was a cofounder and first...
Robert E. Goudreau '36
Bob, a loyal Princetonian, died Nov. 22, 2004. He was 90.A graduate of Blair Academy, he majored in political science at Princeton, was active in several sports, and was...
Walter Worthington Graham '36
WALTER DIED Nov. 29, 1991, in Denver at age 76. He was the son of John W. Graham '07. He was predeceased by his brothers John W. Jr. '29 and George S. '33.He was in the...
John Davis Gray '36
JOHN DIED Jan. 15, 1991, in N.Y.C. He was born Mar. 1, 1914, in Blairstown, NJ.He attended Blair Academy and graduated from the Hill School. At Princeton he majored in...
David Gorham Greene '36
DAVE DIED of cancer on Oct. 30, 1991, in Buffalo. He was the son of Dr. Clayton W. Greene '06.Having prepared at Buffalo's Nichols School, Dave majored in history at...
Arthur Sylvester Grenier '36
Art died June 26, 1999. He prepared at St. Paul's School. At Princeton he majored in economics and was a member of Charter Club. He received his law degree in 1939 from...
Arthur Benedict Griffin '36
Griff died Nov. 22, 2000, at home in Stuart, Fla. He also summered in Christmas Cove, Maine. Before entering Princeton, he prepared at the Berkshire School.Prior to...
Robert Albert Guenther '36
Bob died of cancer Sept. 17, 1999, at a Brick, N.J., nursing home. He was 84.He prepared at Newark Academy. He left Princeton in the middle of his sophomore year, and...
William Charles Guenther '36
Bill died Sept. 17, 1996. He was 82. He prepared at Newark Academy and was at Princeton through his sophomore year. He also studied at the U. of Heidelberg and at the...
R. Montgomery Haines '36
Monty died Oct. 5, 1998, of a stroke, in Philadelphia. Although late in life he suffered ill health, he remained active in his work with Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill...
Robert Austin Hall '36
AT 80, BOB DIED after a long illness May 29, 1993, at Harwich Port, Mass. He was descended from John Hall, who came to Salem (Mass.) in John Winthrop's fleet in 1630. He...
Francis Marling Harris '36
BUCKY DIED at home June 17, 1993, of cancer. He prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton, he majored in political science and belonged to Charter.He had an...
William James Harrison Jr. '36
Bill, a longtime resident of Spokane, Wash., died Apr. 6, 1995. He was 81. He prepared at Lawrenceville. At Princeton he majored in political science and was a member of...
Barton Harrison '36
BART DIED July 5, 1989 after a heart attack at his summer home in Biddeford Pool, Me. He was born Aug. 11, 1914, in Baltimore, Md.He prepared at the Gilman School in...
Stanley David Hart '36
Dave died May 28, 2012, in Raritan Township, N.J. He was 97. Born in Philadelphia, Dave came to Princeton from Haverford School. At Princeton he majored in modern...
Wilmon Whilldin Hartman '36
Bill died on Apr. 6, 1989, of heart failure in Baltimore, Md. A graduate of the Gilman School, he attended Princeton but left prior to graduation.For the last five...
Howard Carl Hartman '36
Carl died Feb. 5, 2012, in Washington, D.C., one month after his 95th birthday. He was born in Morristown, N.J., and prepared at Townsend Harris High School. Carl...
Frank Garnett Hatfield '36
FRANK DIED Sept 13, 1989, in Denver, Colo., of heart failure. He was born Nov. 13, 1913, in Bedford, Ind., and graduated cum laude from Culver Military Academy, where he...
George Haywood Hawks Jr. '36
AT 80, GEORGE DIED of leukemia Nov. 3, 1993. He prepared at St George's School. At Princeton, he majored in economics and was a member of Cap and Gown. He graduated in...
Norman Hovey Hayes '36
Norm died Feb. 1, 2003. He attended the Tabor Academy and graduated from Lawrenceville School. He entered Princeton with the Class of '35. At Princeton he majored in art...
Thomas Aloysius Hayes Jr. '36
TOM HAYES, of Deerfield Beach, Fla., died at the age of 80 on Jan. 29, 1993, of pneumonia.He prepared at the Hun School. At Princeton, he majored in civil engineering,...
Burchard Miller Hazen '36
Beach died Jan. 22, 1998. A graduate of Peddie, at Princeton he majored in geology and was a member of Cannon Club. Over a span of 15 years he was our class v.p. and...
Elleard Buridan Heffern '36
AT 79, HEFF DIED Sept. 20, 1993, after a long illness. He prepared at St. Louis Country Day School. At Princeton, he majored in modern languages and literature and was a...
David Stuart Hemingway '36
Dave died Sept. 17, 1998. A graduate of Hotchkiss, at Princeton he majored in economics and played on our undefeated freshman football team. He was a member of Cap and...
Willard Max Henkelman '36
At 85, Bill died Aug. 13, 1999. He prepared at Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton, he majored in politics and was a member of Tower Club. He was a graduate of Harvard...
Ralph Eugene Herendeen Jr. '36
RALPH, AT 80, died Apr. 19, 1992. He prepared at the Gunnery School and transferred to Princeton from Wesleyan Univ. At Princeton he majored in biology and was a member...
Leon John Heuser '36
Lee, of Robbinsville, N.J., and Tubac, Ariz., died Dec. 8, 2000. He was 85. He prepared at Montclair Academy. At Princeton he majored in chemistry and was a member of...
Howard H. Hildreth '36
HANS, A LONGTIME RESIDENT of Washington, Penn., died Jan. 7, 1994. He prepared at Lawrenceville School. At Princeton, he majored in philosophy and was a member of...
Hugo Alford Hilgendorff Jr. '36
HUGO, AT AGE 76, died Nov. 1, 1991, at home in East Orange, NJ.He prepared at the Pingry School, and at Princeton lie majored in political science and was a member of...
John Porter Hine '36
John died Feb. 16, 1999, at a nursing home in Sumpter, S.C. He was 84. A graduate of the Choate School, at Princeton he majored in economics and was undergraduate...
Raymond Newman Hockenberry Jr. '36
Ray died Nov. 21, 2002. He prepared at Bronxville [N.Y.] HS. At Princeton he majored in philosophy, student director of the Glee Club, and a class song leader. He...
Howard Sumner Holmes '36
Howard of Ann Arbor, Mich., died Jan. 3, 2001. He graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. He left Princeton after his freshman year and followed his father's footsteps...
Henry Bertram Holmes '36
HARRY DIED at home Dec. 17, 1993, at 80. He prepared at Westminster School. After a year at Dartmouth, he transferred to Princeton, where he majored 'in economics and...
A. Lawrence Holmes '36
"STUT" HOLMES, of Winter Park, Fla., died on Aug. 26, 1989. He was born on Dec. 24, 1913, in N.Y.C. and prepared at St. Paul's, where he played football, hockey, and...
Penn Harvey Holsapple '36
Penn died from melanoma March 8, 2008, in Hamilton, Mont. He was the son of Earle T. Holsapple 1909. After graduating from St. Paul’s, Penn came to Princeton, where he...
Robert A. Hull Jr. '36
Bob, of Dalton, Pa., died Sept. 9, 2004. He was 90. His father, Robert A. Hull, was in the Class of 1905.A graduate of Phillips Exeter Academy, Bob majored in economics...
John Washburn Hunt '36
Mike, a resident of Wayzata, Minn., and Sanibel, Fla., died May 13, 1998, after a long illness. He graduated from the Blake School in Minneapolis and later he was...
John F. Hyle '36
Johnnie and his good wife, Marion, whom he married Oct. 11, 1947, were regular attendees of our major reunions, at times accompanied by other family members. They always...
Richard Graham Igrchner Jr. '36
RICHARD, 77, A RETIRED ACTOR, died May 6, 1992, at home in Staatsburg, N.Y. A Hotchkiss graduate, he attended Princeton his freshman year.Richard Graham was his stage...
George P. Jenkins '36
In our Nassau Herald George identified himself as an economics major. He did not mention that he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In our 50-year book he used “usual” to...
Randolph Jenks '36
“Pat” Jenks died Feb. 18, 2011. Born in Morristown, N.J., he lived in the West from the age of 15 and came to Princeton from Morristown School, Mesa Ranch School in...
Benn W. Jesser '36 *41
Benn died July 13, 2011, in Boston, Mass., surrounded by his family. Born in Brooklyn, N.Y., Benn came to Princeton from Hackensack, N.J. At the University, Benn was...
Henry Evans Clay Johnson '36
Clay died Apr. 24, 2001, at his Lookout Mountain, Tenn., home. He was 89. A graduate of the Hotchkiss School, at Princeton he was a member of Cap and Gown. He left...
Henry Evans Clay Johnson '36
Clay died Apr. 24, 2001, at his Lookout Mountain, Tenn., home. He was 89. A graduate of Hotchkiss, he joined Cap and Gown. He left Princeton after his sophomore...
Howard Walter Johnson '36
Howard died Mar. 17, 1997, at the Stamford [Conn.] Hospital. He was 82. A graduate of Worcester Academy, he majored in economics at Princeton, and was a member of Dial...
G. Seaver Jones '36
Seaver died of a heart attack July 29, 1996. He was83. He prepared at St. Pauls School. At Princeton he majored in politics and was a member of Cap and Gown Club. He was...
Howard Menand Jr. '36
Howie succumbed to Alzheimer's April 9, 2007. One of our brightest shining stars is dimmed. Howie came to Princeton from Albany Academy. He was business manager of...
Malcolm Matheson Jr. '36
Matty died of respiratory failure Dec. 21, 2007, at the farm home he built in 1938 in Fairfax County, Va. He was 94. As a child Matty lived mostly at...
Rudolph Kauffmann '36
RUDY DIED of cancer Dec. 25, 1990, at home in Chevy Chase, Md. He was the son of Rudolph M. Kauffmann '05. He prepared at St. Albans School and Choate. At Princeton he...
Theodore Borstel Keer '36
TEDDIED July 6,1990, in Newark, NJ., where he lived all of his life. For a good part of his adult life he suffered from an advance diabetes, which imposed severe...
James Johnson Keery '36
AT AGE 8 1, Jim KEERY, of Marco, Fla., died of cancer Nov. 16, 1993. He graduated from Mercersburg Academy and left Princeton in his junior year. He was a member of Dial...
James H. Keet Jr. '36
Jim, a lifelong resident of Springfield, Mo., died June 8, 2005. He was 91. A graduate of the Lawrenceville School, he majored in English at Princeton and was a...
Edward D. Keller '36
Ted died Aug. 3, 2006. Ted started with the Class of ’35 and graduated with us. He prepared at Lawrenceville and at Princeton majored in history and...
Roger Edmund Kellogg '36
ROGER DIED July 12, 1990, of cancer. After graduating from the Pingry School, at Princeton he majored in politics and was a member of Cloister Inn.He spent 19 years in...
Peter Kerr '36
AT AGE 75, Peter died Feb. 9, 1990, of natural causes at his home in Fort Meyers Beach, Fla.He prepared at the Fountain Valley School. He left Princeton early and we...
Frederick Lewis Keyes '36
Fred died Jan. 6, 2009. He was born in Geneva, N.Y. His father was an attorney, and Fred had no siblings. Our last address for Fred is Peachtree City, Ga. Fred...
Alfred E King Jr. '36
AT 81, AL DIED at his Hobe Sound, Fla., home, Jan. 26, 1994. He prepared at St. Paul's School. At Princeton, he was a member of Cottage Club.After Prinoeton, he joined...
J. Merrill Knapp '36
OUR HONORARY CLASSMATE Merrill died of cancer Mar. 7, 1993, at the Princeton Medical Center. He graduated from Yale in 1936.He was born in NYC and graduated from the...
G. Stanley Koehler '36 *42
Stan died Oct. 7, 2010, in Northampton, Mass. The son and brother of Tigers, he was born in West Orange, N.J., and came to Princeton from Rutherford High School. At...
Robert Yates Kopf '36
AT 77, BOB died July 30, 1991, in Warren, Penn.He prepared at Kiski where he played footblall. At Princeton he majored in economics and was a member of Tower Club. As an...
John Rogers Lanahan '36
AT 79, JACK DIED Apr. 6, 1993, of a stroke in La Mesa, Calif. He attended Trenton H.S. At Princeton, he majored in politics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He...
Fred G. Lancaster Jr. '36
Fred died Nov. 25, 2004, in Florida after a long illness. He was 90.He prepared at both Staunton Military and Shady Side academies. At Princeton he majored in chemical...
Robert Kumler Landis Jr. '36
BOB DIED Dec. 31, 1991, at a nursing home in Jamestown, Ohio, after suffering nine years from Alzheimer's disease.Bob prepared at Oakwood High School in Dayton, Ohio. At...
Robert Christian Lang '36
BOB LANG, at the age of 79, died Dec. 17, 1992. He was a longtime resident of Warren, N.J.After graduation from Newark Academy, at Princeton he majored in civil...
C. Wesley Lapha '36
At 85, Wes died Oct. 13, 2000, at home in Bethlehem, Pa.He graduated from Pittsford [N.Y.] H.S. At Princeton he majored in psychology, graduating with honors. A few days...
William F. Laporte '36
Bill died at his home in NYC, Sept. 10, 2001. He was 88. At Princeton he majored in political science and was a member of Elm Club. In 1938 he received his MBA from...
Frederick R. Lawson '36
Fred died at home March 21, 2005. He was 92.Born and raised in Boston, Fred graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy. At Princeton he majored in political science; was on...
Joseph Tatnall Lea Jr. '36
TAT DIED of congestive heart failure Mar. 15, 1994. He prepared at Cartaret Academy and the Peddie School, and left us midway through junior year.During WWII, he served...
Gilbert Lea '36
Gil’s father was Langdon “Biffy” Lea 1896, longtime Tiger football coach. Gil’s brothers were Frank Lea ’27 and Langdon Lea Jr. ’32. Gil was an All-American end on our...
Frank W. Leary '36
Frank died in Paris June 21, 2003; he was 88.He prepared at the Hun School. At Princeton he majored in history and was undergraduate treasurer of Court Club. In 1940...
Harry Henry Leveen '36
Harry died of heart failure Dec. 28, 1996. He was 82. He prepared at Lawrenceville School, and at Princeton he majored in biology. In 1940 he received his medical degree...
Arthur R. Lewis '36
Arthur died March 8, 2005, in White Plains, N.Y.A graduate of Poly Prep in Brooklyn, he majored in economics at Princeton, played polo and was president of Gateway Club....
Thomas A. Lewis '36
TOM DIED Mar. 13, 1994, after a series of medical complications. Born and raised in Norfolk, Va., he attended Woodbury Forest School, which he loved. At Princeton, he...
Archibald Ross Lewis '36
ARCH DIED Feb. 4, 1990 of a heart attack in Tucson, Ariz. He prepared at the Taft School. At Princeton he majored in history, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and from...
Willis Frederick Loeffel '36 *37
Bill died June 19, 2001. He was 86. He prepared at Dickinson HS in Jersey City, N.J. At Princeton he received two degrees, graduating with honors with a BSE degree in...
Ralph Stanley Longstaff '36
RALPH LONGSTAFF, at the age of 77, died May 21, 199 1. He spent his early life in Lake Forest, 111.He prepared for Princeton at the Hill School. At Princeton, he was a...
Homer Leslie Loomis Jr. '36
AT 77, HOMER DIED Oct. 7, 199 1, at Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville, Ga.He graduated from St. Paul's School in Concord, N.H. At Princeton he was a member of...
S. Benjamin Lupica '36
Ben died Oct. 19, 1998, after a long struggle with Parkinson's disease, at a nursing home in Clifton Park, N.Y. He was 86. He graduated from DeWitt Clinton H.S. in NYC...
Alvin Lothrop Luttrell '36
Lody died of heart complications on Jan. 25, 2002. He was 87.After graduating from Sidwell Friends School in DC, at Princeton he majored in economics and joined Dial...
Keith Lynahan '36
Keith died peacefully Dec. 28, 1998, in the V.A. Hospital at Oxford, N.Y. He prepared at Bound Brook [N.J.] H.S. At Princeton he majored in economics and was a member of...
Percy C. Madeira '36
Perce died Jan. 16, 2007, at Broomall (Pa.) Presbyterian Village at age 91. He lived in the Philadelphia area most of his life. At Princeton, Perce...
Walter Mcclymonds Maitland '36
Walt died on Feb. 11, 1989, at Hilton Head, S.C., after a brief illness. He was born in N.Y.C. on Apr. 25, 1912.He prepared at Choate and the Hun School. At Princeton,...
John Francis Malloy '36
Jack, a longtime resident of Oklahoma City, died May 15, 1998. He was 85. A graduate of Phillips Andover, he majored in biology and was a member of Tiger Inn. He was in...
Robert K. Mardfin '36
Bob, a resident of the Seabrook in Hilton Head Island, S.C., died Oct. 28, 2004.A graduate of the Horace Mann School in Riverdale, N.Y., he majored in modern languages...
Lee Mason '36
AT 79, LEE DIED Jan. 23, 1994, at his Summit, N.J., home, after a long illness. He graduated cum laude from the Providence (R.I.) Country Day School. While there, he set...
J. Tufton Mason Jr. '36
AT 78, "TUFFY" DIED Sept. 20, 1993. After graduating from Montclair (N.J.) Academy, he majored in biology and was a member of Key and Seal at Princeton. He graduated in...
Robert Sewell Mather '36
BOB DIED suddenly of a heart attack in his Kenilworth, Ill., home, June 17, 1993.After graduating from Hyde Park H.S. in Chicago, he majored in economics and was a...
Edward Henry Maxwell '36
Ed died Aug. 19, 2002. He prepared at the Hun and Taft schools. At Princeton he majored in history and was a member of Charter Club.He lived most of his life in Noank,...
Allison Ripley Maxwell Jr. '36
ALLY DIED in Ligonier, Penn., Nov. 28, 1992, after a long illness. He prepared at Shady Side Academy.He started in 1925 with Pittsburgh Steel Co, in its sales training...
Harry Mccall Jr. '36
Harry died Nov. 18, 2001. He prepared at Lawrenceville School. At Princeton he majored in modern languages, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was a member of Cloister...
Roscoe P. McClave Jr. '36
Rod was born in Cliffdale, N.J., the son of Roscoe P. McClave 1903. At Princeton, Rod roomed all four years with his brother, Steve McClave, who entered with our...
John Edward Mccracken '36
John died Nov. 3, 2001, in NYC. He was the son of Charles P. McCracken 1902. He prepared at Blair Academy and at Princeton majored in political science. In 1939 he...
Henry Piper Mcnulty '36
Henry died Dec. 11, 2001, in London; he was 88. A son of Henry A. McNulty 1895, Henry was born in Soochow, China. He prepared at Kent School, and at Princeton majored in...
John Wister Meigs '36
Wister died Mar. 25, 1997, after a long illness. He was 82.He prepared at Washington's Sidwell Friends School. At Princeton he majored in biology, was president of...
Lucy Colpitts Menand '36
LUCY DIED DEC. 16, 1993, at the Lawrenceville Nursing Home. Born in Kansas City, she was a longtime resident of Princeton and enjoyed her summer home at Big Moose, N.Y.,...
William G. Mennen Jr. '36
Bill died July 22, 2011, in Carmel, Calif. He was born in Newark, N.J., and prepared for Princeton at the Hotchkiss School. Bill majored in economics at Princeton, was...
George Rich Metcalf '36
George, a longtime resident of Auburn, N.Y., died May 30, 2002. A graduate of the Northwood School, at Princeton he majored in economics and was a member of Key and...
Arch L. Metzner '36
Arch died July 1, 2008, in Wheeling, W. Va., his birthplace. After preparing at Exeter he majored in economics at Princeton and belonged to Dial Lodge. His first job...
Stanley Wheeler Midgley Jr. '36
Stan died Aug. 10, 2000. He prepared at Phillips Exeter. After Princeton, where he majored in chemistry, he was associated as a research chemist for eight years with...
Thomas Howard Moore Jr. '36
Tom died Nov. 4, 1996, in Latrobe, Pa. He was 85. After graduating from The Hill School, at Princeton he won his class numerals as a member of our undefeated freshman...
Lyman Moore '36
Lyman died Apr. 26, 1998, at home in Rohnert Park, Calif. At Princeton he majored at the School of Public and International Affairs and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In...
Charles Amory Moosmann '36
"Buck" died Nov. 19, 1995, in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., following a long bout with emphysema. He was 83. He was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., and was a resident of Florida for...
Israel Wistar Morris Jr. '36
Wistar died Sept. 23, 2000, at his home in Villanova, Pa. After graduating from the Kent School, at Princeton he majored in history and was vice president of Colonial...
John Mclean Morris '36
JACK DIED of cancer Apr. 8, 1993, at his home in Woodbridge, Conn. He was born in Kuling, China, on Sept. 1, 1911, the son of missionary DuBois S. Morris '98 (D.D.,...
William Henry Morris '36
AT THE AGE OF 77, Bill died Nov. 22, 1992.A Loomis School graduate, at Princeton he majored in economics and was a member of Campus Club. He graduated in 1939 from...
John Cornell Murray '36
JACK DIED Jan. 26, 1991, at Baptist Hospital, Miami, Fla. He was born Oct. 19, 1914, in Trenton, N.J. His father was John Cornell Murray '13.After graduating from...
Rawdon Myers '36
Rawdon died on Nov. 23, 2001. He was 88.A graduate of Kent School, at Princeton he majored in psychology and was a member of Cloister Inn. After working for the New...
Richard Wilson Nebel '36
Dick died Nov. 12, 1996, at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville, Va. He was 81. He prepared at Rutgers Preparatory School. At Princeton he majored in chemistry...
Raoul Henry Nehr '36
Joe died June 7, 2003, in Princeton. He was 90. A graduate of the Lawrenceville School, Joe majored in modern languages at Princeton, where he was a member of Elm Club...
Garrett Winder Nevius '36
Gary died Nov. 6, 2008, in Farmington, Conn., after suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. Gary was born in New York City and attended Episcopal High School. At...
Frank Albert Newman '36
Frank, of Palm Desert, Calif., died Mar. 26, 1999. He was 84.He prepared at Lawrenceville. At Princeton, he majored in philosophy and was v.p. of Court Club. Early jobs...
William Barnes Newsome '36
AFTER A brief illness, Bill Newsome died at 76 at his home in Dallas, Tex., on Oct 11, 1989. He faced death as he had life, with a quiet, solid strength. In his last...
George Van Dickey Nostrand '36
George died of pneumonia May 6, 1997, at the Veteran's Home at La Salle, Ill. He was 84. He was a graduate of Lawrenceville. He left Princeton in early 1934. We...
Eugene Burke Oconnor '36
GENE DIED Sept. 1, 1992, in Buffalo, N.Y.At Princeton, he majored in philosophy, played polo, sang in the university choir, and was a member of Triangle and Colonial...
George Marcellus Onken '36
George died July 21, 2005. He was 92.A graduate of Brooklyn Friends School, he majored in economics at Princeton and was a member of Elm Club. He served as a lieutenant...
Leslie Moulthrop Page '36
Les died Mar. 27, 1998, in Southampton, N.Y. He prepared at the Choate School, where he was on the soccer team. At Princeton he was a member of the Glee Club. He left...
Frank Mcdowell Parker Jr. '36
Frank, a longtime resident of Lewistown, Pa., died June 24, 1999, at a nursing home in Mifflintown, Pa. He prepared at the Kiski School. At Princeton he majored in...
Thomas A. Parrott '36
Tom died peacefully June 14, 2007, at home in Washington, D.C. A memorial service was held at Arlington National Cemetery. Tom majored in politics and was managing...
James Townsend Peirce '36
Jim died July 10, 1998, of complications after heart surgery. After graduating from The Hill School, at Princeton he majored in economics and took a mathematics course...
Richard Byron Perry Jr. '36
Dick died Apr. 26, 1997. He was 83. Mike Curto and Marylou were among those who attended the funeral. A graduate of the Kiski school, Dick majored in politics at...
Carl Williams Peterson '36
Pete died of cancer on July 25, 2001. He came to Princeton from Central HS in Scranton, Pa. Pete majored in chemical engineering and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his...
Richard Robinson Pettit '36
Dick died Mar. 11, 1999, in Portland, Oreg. He was 84. He prepared at the Hill School. At the end of his freshman year at Stanford, he transferred to Princeton with the...
William Edgar Porter Jr. '36
AT 80, BILL DIED of cancer Sept. 26, 1993, at Longwood at Oakmont, a retirement community in Verona, Penn., to which he moved in the latter weeks of his life.He prepared...
Percy Preston '36
Percy was born on June 28, 1914, and died of cancer on June 11, 1989, at home in Hopewell Twp., N.J. A gradu¬ate of St. Paul's School, in Concord, N.H., Percy majored in...
Lowell M. Pumphrey '36 *41
Lowell died May 18, 2007, in Pensacola, Fla. He was 92. At Princeton he earned a bachelor’s and doctorate in economics and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. During...
Stanley John Quinn Jr. '36
STAN DIED Nov. 11, 1991, at home in Noank, Conn. At Princeton he majored in economics, was a member of Charter Club and Theatre Intime, and was coauthor of the Triangle...
Robert Victor Rafter '36
After a brief illness, Bob died Oct. 3, 1996, at the United Hospital Medical Center in Port Chester, N.Y.He grew up in Bronxville, N.Y.; he lived in Rye, N.Y., for 18...
Angus Crawford Randolph '36
ANGUS DIED Jan. 31, 1990, after a brief illness.He prepared at Virginia Episcopal School where he was class valedictorian and a threesport letterman. At Princeton he...
R. Stewart Rauch '36
Stew died Nov. 16, 2001. He was 87. The son of Rudolph '13 and Mary Rauch, he prepared at St. Paul's School. At Princeton he majored in political science, was elected to...
Jay Robert Reist '36
Jay died Aug. 27, 1995, in Mexico. He was 81. He prepared at Penn Charter School. At Princeton he majored in politics, graduating magna cum laude, and was a member of...
John O. Rhome Jr. '36
John Rhome, whom we knew as “Otto,” died Aug. 28, 2011, in Massachusetts. John was born in Loch Arbour, N.J., and came to Princeton from Asbury Park High School. John...
Charles D. Ridgeway III '36
Charles was born in Santo Domingo and prepared for Princeton at Montclair (N.J.) High School. He left college in February of our sophomore year. He died May 5, 2007,...
Bruce Macdonell Ridgway '36
Bruce died Dec. 25, 2001. He graduated from Pomfret. At Princeton, Bruce was a member of Cap and Gown. His roommates were Bill Attwood, Henry Cross, George Hawks, Frank...
Spencer Coryell Ridgway '36
AT THE AGE OF 76, Spencer died Nov. 7, 1991, of a heart attack. He was the son of Charles D. Ridgway Jr. '05 and the grandson of Charles D. Ridgway 1869. Other deceased...
Sido L. Ridolfi '36
Si died May 9, 2004. He was 90.A graduate of Trenton [N.J.] Senior High School, he majored in politics at Princeton and played on the freshman and varsity basketball...
Martin Hetzel Rittenhouse Jr. '36
MARTY WAS born Nov. 19, 1913, and died Dec. 1, 1989, in Boca Raton, Fla. He graduated cum laude from Mercersburg Academy where he was on die tennis and track teams. At...
David Roberts III '36
Dave died Dec. 19, 2005. He was 92. A graduate of The Hill School, he majored in economics at Princeton, rowed on the varsity lightweight crew, and was a member of Cap...
David Degge Roberts '36
David died Oct. 25, 1999, at the Moravian Nursing Home in Lititz, Pa. Born Oct. 1, 1910, until his death at age 89, he was the oldest in our class. He was a lifelong...
Henry Butcher Roberts '36
Hank died Feb. 28, 1997. He was 82. He prepared at St. Paul's School. At Princeton he majored English and was a member of Ivy Club.During WWII he served three years...
David A. Robertson '36 *40
David died July 19, 2004. He was 88.He prepared at the Gilman School. At Princeton, he majored in English, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was a member of Colonial...
J. Brooks Robinson '36
Brooks died Aug. 8, 2001. He was a graduate of the Moran School in DC. At Princeton he majored in philosophy and was a member of Key and Seal.Since 1938 he was board...
William Georgi Rodgers '36
RATHER RECENTLY we received word that Bill died May 14, 1987. His father was Earle V. Rodgers '10, and his late brother was John G. Rodgers '35.Bill graduated from the...
Charles Bartlett Rogers '36
Chuck died Feb. 8, 2008, at the age of 93. He had been an Arizona resident since 1980 and was living in Green Valley. Chuck prepared for Princeton at Blair Academy. He...
William Winston Roper Jr. '36
AT THE AGE OF 79 and after a long illness, Bill died Dec. 4, 1992, at home in Perillyn, Penn. He was the son of William W Roper (L.L.D. U.Va. '02), who was a former...
Lawrence Thomas Ryan '36
AT 78, LARRY DIED of cancer at home in Princeton on Sept. 6, 1992.He graduated from Bronxville (N.Y.) High School. At Princeton, he majored in economics and was a member...
Erle B. Savage Jr. '36
Erle, of Long Lake, Minn., died May 30, 1999.He prepared at the Blake School in Minneapolis, graduating cum laude. At Princeton, he majored in English and belonged to...
John Morris Sayre '36
JACK DIED of a long illness Oct. 3, 1992, at home in Montclair, N.J. He was 78.He prepared at Montclair Academy. At Princeton, he majored in philosophy and was a member...
Alan Murray Schaeffer '36
Alan, a resident of Cherry Hill, N.J., died June 3, 1999. He was 85.Alan prepared at the Penn Charter School. At Princeton, he majored in chemistry, with honors, and in...
William F. Schmick Jr. '36
Bill died of heart failure June 25, 2004. He was 90.A graduate of Lawrenceville, Bill majored in political science at Princeton, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was...
Peter Aston Schwartz '36
Peter died Aug. 8, 2002, at the Princeton Medical Center. He was 89. He prepared at the Montgomery School in Wynnwood, Pa. At Princeton he majored in English and was a...
D. Haven Scott '36
Haven died Feb. 15, 2002, in Citra, Fla.; he was 88. He prepared at the Haverford School. At Princeton he majored in philosophy, was in the band, and was a member of...
Richard L. Seggel '36 *38
Dick died May 18, 2005. He was 91.He prepared at the Peddie School. At Princeton he received a bachelor's in history and a master's in political science. After...
Craig Severance '36
AT 76, CRAIG died of a stroke July 5, 1991. He had homes at Rumson, NJ., and Jamaica, Vt. He prepared at the Newman School and at Philipps Exeter Academy.At Princeton he...
Francis Seyfarth '36
Frank died Apr. 30, 1999, of Parkinson's disease, after a long illness. He was 85. Until he was no longer able, he worked with support groups helping others so...
Robert Seyfarth '36
Bob died peacefully April 3, 2009, at his home in Fairlawn, a retirement community in Sykesville, Md. Bob joined us in our sophomore year. His brother, Frank, now...
Charles Edward Shain '36 *49
Charlie died Apr. 13, 2003; he was 87.At Princeton he majored in English, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and was a member of Elm Club. Besides his BA, he received...
William Chastain Shelton '36
Bill, 83, died Nov. 1, 1999 of heart failure in Miami. At Princeton, he majored in mathematics, graduated Phi Beta Kappa, and was a member of Court Club.He began his 40...
Hampton G. Silcox III '36
Hampton died of Alzheimer’s disease April 27, 2011, in Worcester Township, Pa. Born in Philadelphia and raised in Jenkintown, Pa., Hampton came to Princeton from...
Sidney Bayley Silleck Jr. '36
Sid died Mar. 6, 1998, after a long illness. A graduate of Deerfield Academy, at Princeton he majored in psychology and was a member of Key and Seal Club. For many years...
Robert Abbot Sincerbeaux '36
Bob died at home in Hanover, N.H., on Dec. 6, 2000. He was 87. A graduate of the Hun School, at Princeton he majored cum laude in political science. In 1939 he received...
Jonathan Slocum '36
Johnny died Dec. 29, 2000. A graduate of the Gunnery School, at Princeton he majored in history and was a member of Colonial Club. After Princeton he graduated from the...
John Chabot Smith '36
John died May 16, 2002. He prepared at Loomis School. At Princeton he majored in history. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa in his junior year. He did graduate study...
Alan L. Smith '36
ALAN SMITH, M.D., died Jan. 14, 1994, at the age of 80. After preparing at the Hill School, he majored in biology at Princeton, and was a member of Quadrangle Club. He...
John Clinton Snyder '36
John was born in Clinton, Iowa, and died May 13, 2000. He prepared at Lake Forest Academy. At Princeton he majored in psychology and was a member of Tower Club.During...
Alexander Pyott Spence Jr. '36
Sandy died March 2, 2005, at home in Wilmington, Del. He was 91 and came from a long line of Princetonians.Sandy attended Lawrenceville and graduated from the Morristown...
Edgar A. Spencer '36
Our class secretary died in his sleep Nov. 14, 2010, in Falmouth, Maine, following two months of hospitalization, rehab, and hospice care. Born in Johnstown, N.Y., Ed...
Robert Harold Sperber '36
ON JULY 17, 1991, Bob and his wife, Jane, died tragically in a house fire, on their 36th wedding anniversary, at their residence in Palm City, Fla.Transferring to...
Harry James Stevens Jr. '36
Steve was born in 1915 in Newark, and, except for his service in World War II, always lived in New Jersey. He died June 11, 2009, in New Brunswick. At Princeton, Steve...
George B. Stewart III '36
George died Oct. 1, 2003, in Corpus Christi, Texas.He prepared at the Loomis School, now the Loomis Chaffee School. At Princeton he majored in history, played varsity...
John Albert Stillwell '36
JOHN DIED June 11, 1990, in England, where he lived for many yearsHe prepared at the Trinity School in N.Y.C. At Princeton he majored in English and was a member of...
Franklin Blackwell Stockton '36
Frank died Sept. 17, 1995, of pneumonia following Alzheimer's disease. He was 80. He graduated from Pittsburgh's Peabody H.S. At Princeton he majored in mathematics and...
Robert Winthrop Storer '36
Bob died Dec. 14, 2008. The place of his death is unverified but is believed to be either Ann Arbor, Mich., where he lived for many years, or Harlan, Iowa, where his...
Oscar Straus II '36
Oscar died Jan. 11, 2013 in Bellport, N.Y., from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He was born in New York City and attended St. Paul’s School. At Princeton,...
John Anthony Strazza '36
Jack died May 14, 2001. He was 86. A graduate of Bloomfield [N.J.] HS in 1933, he transferred from Georgetown to Princeton, where he majored in biology. In 1940 he...
Lefferts Strebeigh '36
LEFF DIED Oct. 10, 1990 in San Antonio, Tex., after a brief illness. He prepared at Kent School. At Princeton he was a member of Colonial Club. He left Princeton at the...
James Clark Streett Jr. '36 *39
JIM DIED on June 28, 1989, in Ft. Worth, Tex., where he had lived for 48 years. He was born on Aug. 13, 1913, in St. Louis, Mo., and prepared at the John Burroughs...
John Stuart Jr. '36
Jack died Apr. 25, 1997. He was 85. He was the son of John Stuart '00, a former Princeton trustee. Some eight years ago, he moved from Arizona to Bradenton, Fla.Jack...
Frederick Sturges III '36
Within a month of his 98th birthday, Fred died May 4, 2009, in Old Lyme, Conn. He was the son of Frederick Sturges Jr. 1897. Fred played hockey and lacrosse before...
Herbert Bayard Swope Jr. '36
Although he had the name of a world-famous family (his father was the first recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Reporting, in 1917), he was known to us simply as Ottie....
William Louis Taggart Jr. '36
Bill died June 6, 2002. He was 88. His father was in the Class of 1911.After graduating from Phillips Andover Academy, Bill majored in politics and was a member of Tiger...
Benjamin Holliday Taplin '36
BEN DIED of cancer July 10, 1990 in Cleveland , Oh. He attended the Hawken School of Cleveland and graduated from Choate School. At Princeton he majored in politics and...
Walter Taradash '36
Walter died on Feb. 10, 1989, at his home in Snedens Landing, Palisades, N.Y.He was born on Apr. 11, 1914, and prepared at Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., where he...
John Adams Francis Taylor '36 *40
John died Apr. 15, 1996, in Okemos, Mich. He was 80.He entered Princeton at the age of 16, majored in philosophy, and was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. When he was 23 in...
Edwin Daisley Thatcher '36
Ed died Apr. 7, 1998, of cancer. He was 83. A graduate of Brooklyn Friends School, at Princeton he majored in architecture and was a member of Colonial Club. In 1942 he...
John William Thompson Jr. '36
JOHN, RETIRED associate editor, V.P., and director of THE WASHINGTON STAR newspaper, died of pneumonia Mar. 28, 1993, at his winter home in Delray Beach, Fla. He was...
Edmund K. Trent '36
Sadly, Ed Trent died June 14, 2006, just two weeks after attending our 70th reunion. We were aware of the struggle he had just to be there. Despite his physical...
William Trevor M.D. '36
Bill, a renowned surgeon, died of cancer June 28, 1997, on his birthday. He prepared at the Gilman School. At Princeton he majored in biology and was a member of Charter...
Abraham Charles Troup IV '36
Abe lived mostly in Harrisburg, Pa. After Princeton he joined Troup Brothers Music House, a prominent store in Harrisburg. He was co-owner until 1965, when the...
David Richardson Upson '36
Dave died Oct. 3, 2008, at his home in Medina, Ohio. He grew up in St. Louis, where he attended St. Louis Country Day. His father was Walter L. Upson 1899. He had an...
Samuel Child Vanneman '36
Sam died Aug. 2, 1998, at his home Falls Church, Va. He was 84. He prepared at the Tome School, and at Princeton he majored political science.He began his career...
Earl Travis Vansciver '36
EARL DIED Nov. 13, 1992, at the age of 79, in Palm City, Fla., after an extended illness.He prepared at Germantown Friends School. At Princeton he majored in economics,...
Roger Atkinson Walke Jr. '36
Roger died Apr. 2, 1996. After graduating from Episcopal H.S. in Alexandria, Va., he majored in art and archaeology at Princeton, graduating magna cum laude. He was a...
Alan Barnes Walker '36
Alan died on Oct. 5, 1989, in Bridgeport, Conn., after a long illness. He was born June 7, 1915, in Flushing, N.Y. He was a relative of the late William H. Walker II....
Harry Borden Wardell '36
Harry, a loyal Princetonian and classmate, died Sept. 27, 2003, at Point Pleasant Beach, N.J.He attended the Tome School and graduated from George School in Newtown, Pa....
Joseph Warren '36
Joe died Apr. 20, 1998. He was 85. A graduate of the Hun School, he left Princeton after freshman year and joined IBM, where he worked for some 35 years in management...
Richard Duer Waters '36
Dick died June 20,1999, of cardiac arrest. He was 84. He prepared at Blair Academy. At Princeton he majored in history and was a member of Cloister Inn. He was our first...
Edward Powell Thomson Watson '36
Ed died Mar. 21, 2001; he was 87. His father, Dr. Charles R. Watson, was founder and president of the American U. in Cairo, Egypt.Ed prepared at Hotchkiss. At Princeton...
George R. Webster '36
George died Jan. 30, 2002, at age 87. Born in Detroit to Judge Arthur Webster and Laura Belle Russell Webster, he graduated from Phillips Exeter in 1932. At Princeton he...
John Reed Welsh '36
A resident of Sedona, Ariz., Jack Welsh died Mar. 2, 2000, after brief illness. He prepared at Loomis School, and while at Princeton he majored in engineering and was...
John H. West Jr. '36
John died July 26, 2005. He was 90.At Princeton he majored in politics and was a member of Cap and Gown. After graduation he toured the world for nine months, visiting...
Alan Durant West Sr. '36
Alan died Mar. 22, 1996, after a short struggle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 82. After graduating from Blair Academy, at Princeton he majored in economics and was a...
Alexander Bowman Wheeler '36
ALEX DIED at home Christmas Day, 1991, He was born Sept. 26, 1913, in Philadelphia.Alex graduated from St. Paul's School, and at Princeton he majored in English and...
William H. White '36
Bill died May 9, 2006, at Piper Shores in Scarborough, Maine. He was 91. A graduate of Mercersburg Academy, he majored in political science at Princeton. After a year at...
Francis Benjamin White '36 *37
Frank died of a pulmonary embolism on Oct. 22, 1997. He prepared at Horace Mann NYC. At Princeton, where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees, he majored...
Frederick Crocker Whitman '36
Fred, a descendant of one of California's founding families and a resident of San Francisco for more than six decades, died Sept. 7, 2004. He was 90.Fred was the...
M. Hamilton Whitman '36
Fritz died Oct. 16, 1996. He was 82. After graduating from the Gilman School in Baltimore, at Princeton he majored in politics with honors and was a member of Cap and...
Edward Fletcher Whitney '36
Ed died May 12, 1999. He was 84. He prepared at the Horace Mann School of NYC. At Princeton he majored in economics and was a member of Cloister Inn. During his junior...
William Madison Whittington Jr. '36
Bill, a longtime resident of Greenwood, Miss., died Oct. 9, 2002. He graduated valedictorian of his Taft School class. At Princeton he majored in English, cum laude, and...
Frank Lovejoy William Jr.M.D. '36
Frank died July 31, 1997. He was 83. A lifelong resident of Rochester, N.Y., he was a physician, professor, and philanthropist. He prepared at Hotchkiss. At Princeton he...
Edward Mercur Williams '36
Ned died Mar. 15 after a long illness in Lansdale, Pa., at the age of 85. He prepared at Wyoming Seminary. At Princeton he majored in English and was a member of Key and...
Richard L. Williams Jr. '36
Dick, also known to us as “R.L.,” died Dec. 24, 2010, of a stroke in Evanston, Ill. Born in New York City and raised in Chicago, Dick came to Princeton from...
George Kenneth Willis '36
Ken died Jan. 25, 2003, at his home in Cheshire, Conn. He was 90. He prepared at Exeter. At Princeton he majored in philosophy, was captain of the varsity hockey team,...
Roger Willock '36
Roger died Oct. 12, 2004. He was 90.The son of Frank S. Willock 1890, Roger prepared at St. Paul's School. At Princeton he majored in history, was a member of Tiger Inn,...
Edward D. Winters '36
Edward (“Wint”) Winters died Oct. 20, 2011, in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Ed was born in Watkins Glen, N.Y., and came to Princeton from the Penn Yan Academy. At Princeton...
David Holt Winton '36
Dave died Apr. 3, 2001, of Alzheimer's disease.He was associated with the insurance brokerage firm of Johnson and Higgins for 40 years, retiring as senior vice president...
Lewis Wynne Wister '36
Wynne died at 89, June 2, 2003. A graduate of St. Paul's School, at Princeton he was our undergraduate secretary-treasurer, and class treasurer during our first alumni...
Harleston Reed Wood '36
Woody died Apr. 21, 1995, in Stuart Fla. He prepared at the Haverford School. At Princeton, he majored in economics and was a member of Key and Seal.During WWII he...
Robert Macpherson Wood '36
ON FEB. 17, 1990, we lost one of our best, "MacPherse," who died at 75 of a stroke at home.A graduate of the Los Alamos Ranch School, at Princeton he majored in politics...
Willard Jurey Wright '36
Bill, from a long line of Princetonians, died of cancer Nov. 26, 1997. He prepared at Lakeside School, where he served over 50 years as a trustee and/or board president....
John J. Wyckoff '36
JOHN DIED Aug. 25, 1991, at 78. He was the son of John R. Wyckoff '05 and his grandfather was Class of 1877.He prepared at Lawrenceville and Horace Mann. At Princeton he...
Edward Madison Yard '36
Ed died Nov. 9, 1996, after a long illness. He prepared at Lawrenceville, and at Princeton he majored in mechanical engineering and was a member of Arbor Inn.For many...
John E. Zacharias '36
John died June 23, 2006, in Gladwyne, Pa. He was 90. He entered Princeton from Newark Academy. At Princeton he majored in economics and was manager of the...
Jerome Robert Zipkin '36
Jerry died June 8, 1995, of lung cancer. He was 80. A native New Yorker, he prepared at the Hun School. At Princeton he majored in art and archaeology. He left Princeton...
CURRENT ISSUE: Dec. 14, 2011
RECENT ALUMNI DEATHS
A list of alumni whose deaths recently have been reported to the University
A list of alumni whose deaths recently have been reported to the University
mudd archive memorials
PAW's online memorial repository currently contains the full text of all memorials published since 1989. To find a memorial published in PAW before this time period, please check the Mudd Library Archives.
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