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Alan Perine White ’39

Al died Jan. 6, 2002, in Springfield, Va., of liver disease brought on by Hepatitis C, which he contracted in Mogadishu, Somalia, during his final…

Raleigh Hansl Jr. ’39

Butts died Oct. 2, 2001, at a nursing home in Denver, a victim of Alzheimer's disease. A longtime resident of Potomac, Md., Butts gave up…

Robert Joseph Sullivan ’39

Sully died of cancer Nov. 21, 2001, at the Medical Center at Princeton. He never lost his sense of humor, honed in his days as…

Wolfgang Joseph Thron ’39

Wolf died of emphysema on Aug. 21, 2001, in Boulder, Colo., his home since 1954. He was professor of mathematics at the U. of Colorado…

Thomas Allsopp ’39

Tom died Sept. 13, 2001, in Mashpee, Mass. A malignant brain tumor had been discovered in June, but he was back home recovering when he…

Howard Lincoln Klein ’39

Long a resident of West Hartford, Conn., Howie died at Hartford Hospital Aug. 7, 2001. Always a loyal Princetonian, he was a past president of…

John Brayton Johnson ’39

After months of struggle to recover from abdominal surgery, Johnny died at his home in Watertown, N.Y., on May 2, 2001. He had been chairman…

Edgar Clark Davis ’39

Ned died at his home in Upper Saddle River, N.J., on June 1, 2001. He prepared for Princeton at Taft School and for his entire…

Elisha Pearis Douglass ’39

"E.P." died Apr. 12, 2001, in Chapel Hill, N.C., where he had lived since 1958. Writing in our 50th book, he referred to his failing…

Charles Claxton Cowing ’39

Charlie died Feb. 20, 2001, of heart disease, which he had had since his first cardiac attack in 1985. According to Marion, his wife of…

Richard Howard Demaree ’39

Dick died at home in West Long Branch, N.J., on Mar. 6, 2001, after a lengthy illness. From the day he opened his practice in…

Gardner Fordyce Gillespie Jr. ’39

"Spider" died Mar. 25, 2001, of post-polio syndrome at a hospital near his assisted living home in Chester, Conn. He had been having trouble walking…

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