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R. Park Johnson ’28 *41

Dr. R. Park Johnson, secretary of the Class of '28 for the past 23 years, died June 14, 1998. During that time he filed 17…

Davenport Plumer Jr. ’28

Davenport Plumer died Mar. 28, 1998. He grew up in Ambler, Pa., and attended Gilman School. At Princeton he majored in history and belonged to…

Howard Richmond Merriman ’28

Hap Merriman, a lifelong resident of Providence, R.I., and Little Compton, died Nov. 16, 1997, at the Chaffee Nursing Home in East Providence. His wife…

Charles Humbert Tinsman ’28

Hum Tinsman died Sept. 1, 1997, in Shawnee Mission, Kan. He attended Kansas City Country Day School. At Princeton he majored in economics, was a…

Charles Merritt Case Jr. ’28

Merritt Case died Dec. 15, 1996, in Wayzata, a suburb of Minneapolis, where he had lived most of his life. He prepared at Lawrenceville. At…

Stephen Jennings Sanford ’28

Steve Sanford died in West Palm Beach, Fla., Mar. 21, 1997, after an illness following a stroke. At Princeton he was a member of the…

Edward Sheldon Stewart ’28

Sheldon Stewart, a retired lawyer in NYC, died Jan. 21, 1997, after a long illness. He was in the Class of '27 at Princeton but…

Wilber Hurlbut Young Jr. ’28

"Tex" Young, a geology consultant and petroleum engineer, died Aug. 8, 1996, in Wellsville, N.Y. He was born in Texas, hence the name, but was…

Jules Dyck Van Bucher ’28

Jules Bucher, a documentary filmmaker, of Warrenton, Va., died July 9, 1996. He prepared at Peekskill Military Academy. At Princeton he majored in physics and…

Daniel Brooks Barlow ’28

The class was saddened to learn of the death of Brooks Barlow on Oct. 2, 1996. Brooks grew up in Germantown, Pa., where he attended…

William Potter Elliott ’28

Bill Elliott died Aug. 8, 1996, in Madison, Conn. He was part of the contingent from the Hill School. At Princeton he was a member…

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