George Bishop Tatum ’40 *50

George Bishop Tatum, recognized as a distinguished scholar of American architecture and landscape architecture, died Oct. 6, 2008, in Danville, Calif.  

George prepared at Western Reserve Academy. At Princeton, he majored in art and graduated with high honors in art and humanities as well as election to Phi Beta Kappa. He was a member of the undergraduate committee for academic affairs, St. Paul’s Society Cabinet, and Dial Lodge.

George also earned an M.F.A. in 1947 and a Ph.D. in 1950 in art and archaeology at Princeton. Over the years he taught at Princeton and the universities of Pennsyl-

vania, Columbia, and Delaware.  

He authored and co-authored a number of important books on architecture, all of which are preserved in a special collection at the University of Delaware library. He served as president of the Society of Architectural Historians and was named a society fellow. He also was a fellow of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia, a member of the Rittenhouse Club, and a director of the Wynnewood Civic Association.

He is survived by his wife of 62 years, Alma Merry Tatum, and sons John ’69 and Daniel. In our 50th-reunion book, he noted a third married child as well, Susan. To his family, his classmates offer deep sympathies.