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Joseph Rosenbaum ’49

An eminent Los Angeles physician, Joe Rosenbaum died there Aug. 27, 1997. Born in NYC Oct. 30, 1928, Joe attended Stuyvesant H.S. At Princeton he…

David John Seltzer ’48

David Seltzer died Sept. 24, 1997. A graduate of New Utrecht H.S. in Brooklyn, David graduated in June 1947 with honors in economics. He was…

Rodney Paul Cathcart ’48

The class has lost one of its most loyal and enthusiastic members in the death of Rod Cathcart on Feb. 4, 1998. Rod had been…

C. Benson Wigton Jr. ’44

Ben Wigton died Nov. 20, 1997, after two years of melanoma in Portland, Maine. While a 17-year resident of Skillman, N.J., he and his family…

Nelson G. Johnson ’43

Bunce died Mar. 19, 1998. He was 77. An alumni son (his father graduated in the Class of '06), Bunce prepared at Lawrenceville. While on…

Robert Fitzhugh Steinhoff ’42

Bob died Mar. 11, 1998, in the Evanston, Ill., hospital, after a five-year battle with blood cancer. He retired in 1990 from a career in…

Robert C. Townsend ’41

Bob suffered a fatal heart arrack Jan. 12, 1998, while aboard a ketch in Anguilla's harbor when he was vacationing in the Leeward Islands of…

Charles F. Schwep ’41

Charlie died in his own bed in his sleep on Feb. 2, 1998, in West Nyack, N.Y. He had been feeling reasonably well until the…

Josef Henry Buerger ’40

Joe Buerger died Mar. 17, 1998, in the Plantation, Fla., area. He leaves two children, Josef H. III and Lisa, and three grandchildren. His sister…

Francis Earle Jr. ’39

Frank died Jan. 21, 1998, at his Denver, Colo., home, where he had lived for the past 48 years. Until he retired in 1961, he…

Edward Eugene Brandt ’39

Ed died of emphysema Dec. 24, 1997, in Wilmington, Del., his home throughout his career. Before retiring in 1979, Ed was senior supervisor of chemical…

Louis Augustus Pechstein Jr. ’38

Lou Pechstein died Mar. 14, 1998, of a heart attack, in the hospital in Tampa, Fla., where he had resided. He had suffered heart problems…

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