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Richard Austin Springs Jr. ’40

PRINCETONIANS WILL BE saddened to learn of Dago's death on Feb. 17, 1990. His energy and will to live were finally overpowered in a protracted…

Joseph Clift Cornwall ’39

Joe died peacefully Aug. 14, 2007, at home. After graduation he received his law degree from Yale Law School in 1942. Later that year he…

Herman Albert Schmitz ’39

Herm died Sept. 10, 2007, at the Kindred Acute Care Center in Wayne, N.J. He suffered from Alzheimer's for a long time, but that did…

Willam Alexander Adams ’39

Bill died of pulmonary edema March 20, 2007, at Northridge Hospital in Northridge, Calif. A physics major, Bill did postgraduate work in guided-missile and digital…

John Ogden Nelson ’39

John died June 24, 2005, at his home in Boulder, Colo., after a long illness. He was 88. One of the large Lawrenceville contingent in…

Robert Sutherland Cook Jr. ’39

Sud died of congestive heart failure Aug. 14, 2005, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, his lifetime home. He was surrounded by his wife, four daughters, and…

Morris Mather Jr. ’39

Morrie died June 17, 2005, in Hinsdale, Ill., where he lived throughout his career. Before his retirement in 1972, he was in investment banking with…

William Henry Wilson Jr. ’39

Bill died of cancer Aug. 16, 2005, in Baltimore, Md., where he had long been active in church work and community affairs, including the Boy…

Lawrence Henry Galloway ’39

Larry died April 27, 2005, near his Barrington, Ill., home. Easter week, he suffered a massive stroke while in Arizona, which robbed him of his…

John Frenzel Cline ’39

John died in his sleep July 24, 2004, at White Plains [N.Y.] Hospital, following a bad fall July 21. John had lived in nearby Scarsdale…

William Burgoyne Nichols ’39

Belatedly we learned that Bill died Dec. 4, 2002. We have no way of knowing the cause or the circumstances. When we last heard from…

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