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Peter Wells ’44

Peter Wells died of Parkinson's Nov. 6, 1996, in Grant, Fla., where he and his wife, Helen, were living after 51 years of marriage. Peter…

Philip J. Petersen ’44

Philip Petersen died June 18, 1997, in a convalescent center in Santa Barbara, Calif. Phil left Princeton during sophomore year to attend the Aeronautic U…

Henry R. Smedley ’44

Henry Smedley died on Sept. 2, 1997, at his home in Watchung, N.J., after a long illness. He was 75. He came to us from…

Carl H. Duisberg ’44

Carl Duisberg died July 28, 1997, in Zurich, Switzerland, where he had resided since 1965. At Princeton he majored in biology and was a member…

William Prizer Jr. ’44

William Prizer died Apr. 23, 1997, in Ft. Myers, Fla. He was 77. He prepared at Exeter and Haverford, and at Princeton was active in…

Roman J. Kutsky ’44 *46

Roman died Nov. 2, 2006, in Vancouver, Wash., at 84. He loved studying and research. Born in Allentown, Pa., Roman prepped at Wyoming Seminary in…

A. John Accola Jr. ’44

Coke died Apr. 7, 1997, in Dorset, England, after a five-month bout with melanoma. Few of his friends knew he was fighting this dread disease…

Richard Custer ’44

Dick Custer died of heart failure Sept. 29, 1996, at his home in Philadelphia, Pa. He came to us from Lower Merion H.S., and for…

James A. Gardner ’44

On June 17, 1996, Jim Gardner died at the Kimball Hospital in Lakewood, N.J., of pneumonia. He was 76. Jim was born in London, came…

Kenneth N. Gilpin Jr. ’44

Kay Gilpin died of congestive heart failure Apr. 29, 1996, at his home, Kentmere, in Boyce, Va., where he was born and lived most of…

Frank Clyde Carr Jr. ’44

Frank died of heart failure Feb. 7, 1996, in Yuma, Ariz. He came to Princeton from Phillips Andover Academy, received his degree in geology, was…

Foster Lincoln Johnson ’44

Foster Lincoln Johnson died Jan. 28, 1996, at his home in Greenwich, Conn., of complications from prostate cancer with which he had suffered over an…

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