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Larry James Loeffler ’54 *61

LARRY DIED in Durham, N.C., after a courageous battle against Alzheimer's disease, May 7, 1990, the day after his 58th birthday. Larry came to Princeton…

S. Paul Hagan ’54

PAUL SAILED quietly away from this earth on Aug. 31, 1989. He started life and grew up in Uniontown, Pa., and graduated from the Loomis…

Francis A. Lovecchio ’54

Frank died suddenly May 16, 2006, following a brief illness. After his Princeton premed and football days, Frank attended medical school at the University of…

John W. Wood Jr. ’54

John died July 10, 2006, of pneumonia in Baltimore, Md. For the past four years, he had suffered from myotonic dystrophy. Despite his increasing disability…

Frank A. Hirsch ’54

Frank A. Hirsch died May 31, 2006. Born in Mount Kisco, N.Y., he prepared for Princeton at the Pingry School. While at Princeton he was…

Robert Hanson Birney ’54

Robert H. Birney died April 26, 2006. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he graduated from Triadelphia High School in Wheeling, W.Va. While at Princeton, he was…

John Gregory Dunne ’54

John Gregory Dunne died Dec. 30, 2003, of a heart attack. Born in Hartford, Conn., he graduated from Portsmouth Priory School. At Princeton, he majored…

Louis Richard Rukeyser ’54

Lou died May 2, 2006, after a long bout with cancer. He wasn't well enough to come to the 50th reunion. He wanted to be…

Donald Kenneth Woolley ’54

Kenneth Woolley died June 14, 2005, in Nashville following a brief illness. He prepared for college at North Plainfield (N.J.) High School. While at Princeton…

Samuel V. Noe Jr. ’54

Sam died March 4, 2006, after an extended struggle with pulmonary fibrosis. Born in Louisville, Ky., he graduated from the Louisville Male High School. At…

Phillip Edward Daum ’53

Phil died of esophageal cancer Oct. 14, 2007, at the Villages Hospice in The Villages, Fla. He attended Shady Side Academy in Pittsburgh prior to…

Richard Drayton ’53

Dick, who was born in Chestnut Hill, Pa., and counted three signers of the Declaration of Independence among his ancestors, died of Pick's disease Oct…

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