Kenneth Darwin Goldin ’61

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Ken Goldin died Feb. 19, 1994, in L.A. of complications from AIDS. At the time of his death, Ken was living in Hacienda Heights.

Born June 6, 1940, in N.Y.C., Ken grew up on Staten Island, graduating from Curtis H.S. At Princeton, he was active at WPRB, Orange Key, and Terrace Club. His senior year he roomed with Burr Loomis, Dave Fitzgerald, John Keller, and Steve Ryter. An economics major, Ken wrote his senior thesis on exchange-rate theory and earned his PhD in economics at Stanford. At the time of his death, he was emeritus associate dean for undergraduate studies and professor of economics at the School of Business Administration and Economics at Cal.-State-Fullerton. He retired in 1989.

Ken is survived by his lifetime companion, Herb Orban, and a sister, Valerie Goldin. We join them in mourning his passing.

The Class of 1961

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